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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. What did Nancy do when her friend Karen called to say her father had passed away?

2. Who told Deborah that Nancy had been murdered?

3. What word did Nancy use to describe the music scene in LA?

4. Who swarmed the Spungens' lawn following Nancy's murder?

5. What type of college did Nancy's sister want to attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the POMC help Frank and Deborah come to terms with Nancy's death?

2. What did Sid tell Deborah when he called after Nancy's murder?

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

4. How did the Sex Pistols become famous?

5. Why did Nancy have to leave the Suburban Psychiatric Clinic?

6. What happened to Nancy's first job?

7. When the Spungens tried to commit Nancy after her arrest, what difficulties did they encounter? How did Nancy react?

8. What happened to Sid's career after the Sex Pistols had broken up?

9. What did Nancy do to get off drugs?

10. What happened between Sid and Nancy in a London hotel?

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 examines Sid's and Nancy's relationship. How did their relationship change from when they first met until Nancy's death? How did they treat each other? Why did Nancy stay in the relationship after it became abusive? What role did drugs play in their relationship? What attracted Nancy to Sid and vice-versa?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that describes how the Spungens were treated by people after Nancy's murder. In your response, be sure to explain the roles of the police, coroner, district attorney, and the press. How was this treatment a pattern in the Spungens' constant search to do right by their daughter? How have their reactions to this treatment changed since Nancy's birth?

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