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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?
(a) Avril Dashi.
(b) Tara Doshi.
(c) Antara Doshi.
(d) Avni Doshi.

2. Where will Dilip and Antara get married?
(a) The Pune Club.
(b) The Bombay Cafe.
(c) America.
(d) The bakery where they met.

3. What does the narrator say she has found joy in at times in regards to her mother?
(a) Walks with her mother.
(b) Her mother's smile.
(c) Her mother's misery.
(d) Quality time with her mother.

4. What is one of the reasons Antara's grandmother gives for Tara's forgetfulness?
(a) She has never been very smart.
(b) She does not care to remember.
(c) She is not married.
(d) She does not read enough.

5. What does Dilip's mother think about Antara's father?
(a) He died.
(b) Tara does not know who Antara's father is.
(c) He left when Antara was a baby and Tara never told her who he is.
(d) He moved away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antara separate in a steel bowl by color in the first chapter in her mother's apartment when they return from the doctor?

2. What does Tara tell Dilip at the beginning of Chapter 3 when he asks how she is doing?

3. What does Dilip and Antara's neighbor, Mr. Governor, do when he wife visits Bombay?

4. What are some of the things Antara collected as a child that she still has when she moves in with Dilip?

5. How old was Tara when she met Antara's father?

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