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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. Why was the Sex Pistols' United States tour canceled?

2. Who did the press contact from Deborah's life to try and get more information about Nancy?

3. What did Nancy remind her parents of as they drove her and Sid to the train station?

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

5. In their last conversation, what did Nancy hint Sid was doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the scene at Sid Vicious' bail hearing.

3. What did the Sex Pistols do during concerts that made them so sensational?

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

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

6. How did the psychiatrist at the Suburban Psychiatric Clinic suggest the Spungens handle Nancy's behavior upon her release?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explores the relationship between Deborah Spungen and her daughter Nancy. How did Nancy's early medical history bond mother and daughter? Why did Deborah feel responsible for Nancy's issues? In what ways did Deborah support her daughter? Did Deborah enable Nancy's destructive behavior? What was their relationship like toward the end of Nancy's life? How did Nancy continue to confide in her mother? What responsibilities did Deborah feel towards her daughter?

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

In this essay, students will explain how the media treated the Spungens before and after Nancy's death.

1) What inquiries did the media make about Nancy while she was alive?

2) Why were the press interested in Nancy and how did she feel about the media attention?

3) How did the media treat the Spungens after Nancy's death?

4) To what extent did the media go to get ore information about Nancy?

5) How did the Spungens react to the media's attention?

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