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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. How long were Nancy and Deborah in the hospital after Nancy's birth?

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

3. Why did Nancy leave the first school she attended in the Darlington school system?

4. What was the name of the first school that Nancy attended in the Darlington school system?

5. What pet did Nancy try to throw down the stairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Spungens want Suzy and Nancy to share a room and what happened?

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

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

4. In what ways did Nancy control the house as a small child?

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

6. Where was Nancy placed after she attacked her mother with a hammer, and how did the Spungens feel about her placement?

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

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

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

10. What did Dr. Blake's evaluation of Nancy say was the root of her problems? How did this make the Spungens feel?

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

In this essay, students will explain how the media treated the Spungens before and after Nancy's death.

1) What inquiries did the media make about Nancy while she was alive?

2) Why were the press interested in Nancy and how did she feel about the media attention?

3) How did the media treat the Spungens after Nancy's death?

4) To what extent did the media go to get ore information about Nancy?

5) How did the Spungens react to the media's attention?

Essay Topic 3

What were Deborah Spungen's motivations for writing this book? In your essay, answer the following questions:

1) What did Deborah want people to know about Nancy?

2) How did the media attention stemming from Nancy's death affect Deborah's decision?

3) What lessons can the reader learn from the Spungens' experiences (trying to get Nancy the help she needed, drugs, etc)?

4) How did writing this book help Deborah Spungen come to terms with Nancy's life and death?

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