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

2. Where did Sid and Nancy stop before moving to the United States?

3. How did Deborah find out the method of Nancy's murder?

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

5. How did Nancy hurt her ear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Deborah discover Nancy had been murdered?

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

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

7. How did the Sex Pistols become famous?

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. 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

Students will write an essay explaining the effect rock and roll had on Nancy Spungen. How did Nancy discover rock and roll? What lengths did Nancy go to in order to be part of the music scene? How did music bond Sid and Nancy? Would Nancy's life have been different if she had not become part of the music scene? How has the music industry perpetuated the notoriety of Sid and Nancy?

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 what ways did Nancy's murder bring the Spungens closer as a family? How did Suzy and David react to Nancy's death? How did they deal with their grief? How did the Spungens support their children after Nancy's murder? How did the grief process evolve for the family?

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