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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's brother say about her as they dropped Sid and Nancy at the train station?

2. Who called Deborah on Sid's behalf after Nancy was murdered?

3. How was Nancy murdered?

4. Whom did Deborah see on the Phil Donahue show talking about a grief group?

5. Who told Deborah that Nancy had been murdered?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the Spungens become involved with the Parents of Murdered Children group?

4. What did Deborah think of the letters Sid wrote her?

5. How did Deborah discover Nancy had been murdered?

6. Why did Sid's mother call Deborah after Nancy's death?

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

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

9. How did the judge in Nancy's driving case treat Deborah?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How were the Spungens let down by the medical community? In your response, be sure to address the following:

1) In what ways did the Spungens reach out to the medical community?

2) How did the medical community respond to the Spungens' call for help?

3) How was Nancy treated by the medical community?

4) Would Nancy's life have been different if the medical community had acted differently?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Nancy's experiences in school. In your essay, be sure to address the following:

1) All the schools Nancy attended and the affect they had on her behavior

2) How school administrators treated Nancy's behavior

3) Life in college

4) Nancy's high intelligence and how she felt about school

5) Ways that Nancy educated herself.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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