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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 company did Deborah work for as the director of Mailgrams?

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

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

4. Who was Sid's manager when he launched his solo career?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Nancy do to get off drugs?

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

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

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

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

8. How did the media treat Nancy as the Sex Pistols gained more fame?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Deborah ultimately come to understand about Nancy's death? In your response, answer the following questions:

1) What role did Deborah assume Sid had in Nancy's murder?

2) What evidence supported Deborah's assumptions about Sid's involvement (use text evidence about Nancy and Sid's relationship)

3) How and why did her feelings about Sid's involvement change over time?

4) What evidence did Deborah provide (throughout the book) that supports Sid's claims that Nancy wanted to die?

Essay Topic 2

How did fame fuel Sid and Nancy's destructive lives? In your response, address the following points:

1) The Sex Pistols' outrageous behavior and the fame it brought

2) Nancy's attention to Sid's fame and musical following

3) Examine the ways the media's attention perpetuated the fame surrounding Sid and Nancy.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explores the relationship between Deborah Spungen and Sid Vicious after Nancy's death. Why did Sid continue communicating with Deborah? What were his motives? How did Deborah react to Sid's communication? Was this relationship harmful or hurtful to both Deborah and Sid? What did Deborah come to understand about Sid, Nancy, and the murder after communicating with Sid?

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