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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 was the name of the second unit Nancy attended in the Darlington school system?

2. How old was Nancy when she was misplaced in the psychiatric hospital?

3. Why was Nancy afraid to start first grade?

4. Why was Nancy arrested for a second time?

5. When Nancy returned to school after the elderly couple was gone, how did Nancy react?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Nancy took the medication Atarax?

2. What did Nancy do in New York to defy her parents, and how did they react?

3. How did Nancy respond when she was first introduced to rock and roll?

4. What did Deborah do for work when David started nursery school?

5. What did David and Suzy reveal to the parents about their own drug use?

6. How did Nancy's relationship with Jeff improve her behavior?

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

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

9. How did Nancy react when her sister was born?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Students will examine Nancy Spungen's relationship with drugs. In your response, be sure to address the following points:

1) Nancy's early experience with drugs prescribed by doctors, even in her infancy.

2) Deborah's dependency on the medical community and drugs to alleviate Nancy's problem.

3) Nancy's and Sid's drug dependencies.

4) The role drugs played in the music scene that Nancy admired.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explores the relationship between Deborah Spungen and her daughter Nancy. How did Nancy's early medical history bond mother and daughter? Why did Deborah feel responsible for Nancy's issues? In what ways did Deborah support her daughter? Did Deborah enable Nancy's destructive behavior? What was their relationship like toward the end of Nancy's life? How did Nancy continue to confide in her mother? What responsibilities did Deborah feel towards her daughter?

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