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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 wasn't Nancy with Sid Vicious on his United States tour?

2. What was the name of Sid and Nancy's New York hotel?

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

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

5. What did Nancy's sister bake for Sid and Nancy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Deborah feel when she found out about Sid's death?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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