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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the police arrest for Nancy's murder?

2. What did Dean Becker, Nancy's cousin, do at Nancy's funeral?

3. Who was the lead singer in the Sex Pistols?

4. Where was Nancy suppose to catch a connection on her way to London?

5. How did Nancy react when the Spungens took Nancy to the second psychiatric hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Spungens treated by the coroner handling Nancy case?

2. How did Deborah describe Nancy when she saw her on TV as part of a Sex Pistols concert?

3. What did Nancy do to get off drugs?

4. How did the media cover Nancy's death?

5. How were Sid and Nancy behaving when Frank delivered their belongings from London?

6. After spending time with Sid and Nancy in Philadelphia, what did Deborah think of Sid and Nancy's relationship?

7. Why did Nancy want to hang around Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols?

8. Why did Nancy's parents want her to move to New York?

9. How did Deborah discover Nancy had been murdered?

10. What did Nancy reveal to her mother during their last phone conversation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Students will examine Nancy Spungen's relationship with drugs. In your response, be sure to address the following points:

1) Nancy's early experience with drugs prescribed by doctors, even in her infancy.

2) Deborah's dependency on the medical community and drugs to alleviate Nancy's problem.

3) Nancy's and Sid's drug dependencies.

4) The role drugs played in the music scene that Nancy admired.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explores the Spungens' involvement with the Parents of Murdered Children group. In your essay, be sure to answer the following questions:

1) How did the POMC help Frank and Deborah grieve?

2) Why did Deborah want to help other families?

3) How did the POMC support families of murdered children?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explores the way Frank and Deborah Spungen handled Nancy's escalating behavior. How were Frank and Deborah's approaches to Nancy different in the beginning of her life? What effect did Nancy's behavior have on Frank and Deborah's relationship? How were Frank and Deborah treated by those from whom they sought help? How did this treatment continue even in Nancy's death?

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