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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 talk show host made jokes about Sid and Nancy?

2. What was the name of the Sex Pistols' first album?

3. How old was Nancy's brother when she died?

4. What was the name of the rock club Nancy, Karen, and Randi went to in Philadelphia?

5. What band did Nancy and Randi see backstage at a concert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Nancy do to get off drugs?

2. What happened to Nancy's first job?

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

4. How did Deborah discover Nancy had been murdered?

5. What happened to Sid's career after the Sex Pistols had broken up?

6. How did Deborah describe Nancy when she saw her on TV as part of a Sex Pistols concert?

7. When the Spungens tried to commit Nancy after her arrest, what difficulties did they encounter? How did Nancy react?

8. How did the Sex Pistols become famous?

9. What did Sid tell Deborah when he called after Nancy's murder?

10. Why did Sid's mother call Deborah after Nancy's death?

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 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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