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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Nancy treat her baby sister when she was first born?
(a) Indulged her.
(b) Ignored her.
(c) Protected her.
(d) Shared toys.

2. What medical procedure did Nancy need when she was born?
(a) A feeding tube.
(b) An operation on her lungs.
(c) Heart transplant.
(d) Blood transfusion.

3. What medication did Nancy's psychiatrist prescribe her after she attacked her mother?
(a) Thorazine.
(b) Prozac.
(c) Paxil.
(d) Zoloft.

4. What was the name of the elderly couple that watched Nancy in the residential facility?
(a) Boremans.
(b) Bebees.
(c) Baldwins.
(d) Beedles.

5. What did Nancy give her sister that prompted Deborah to get Nancy help from a New York psychiatrist?
(a) A black eye.
(b) Stolen jewlery to hide.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A new car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dr. Cott not treat Nancy?

2. Where did Deborah first see her new born daughter?

3. What did her first boyfriend do that Nancy liked?

4. What negative influence was Nancy introduced to at the second residential school?

5. What did the pediatrician prescribe for Nancy's inability to sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Deborah Spungen's grief prompt her to write this book?

2. What did the neurologist find when he tested Nancy at her allergist's recommendation?

3. How did Nancy's time at the Lakeside Campus of the Darlington school system change her behavior?

4. What medical issues did Nancy face when she was first born?

5. Why did Nancy get angry with her mother when she bought a box of Saran Wrap? What did she do in response?

6. Why did Deborah feel so bonded to Nancy when she was first born?

7. How did the media and press affect Deborah's grief?

8. How did Deborah's mother feel about her pregnancy with Nancy?

9. Describe Nancy's temper tantrums as a toddler and how people handled them differently.

10. What did Nancy declare to her parents in Chapter 12 about her death?

(see the answer keys)

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