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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Tara's marriage was Antara born?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

2. What is one way Dilip tries to solve the problem Antara has with her father?
(a) He invites her father over the house for dinner.
(b) He schedules weekly lunches for Antara and her father.
(c) He suggests they invite him to dinner at the Club.
(d) He begins to call her father every week.

3. How old was Tara when she met Antara's father?
(a) 24.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. What does Dilip and Antara's neighbor, Mr. Governor, do when he wife visits Bombay?
(a) Cries on the balcony.
(b) Follows his wife to Bombay.
(c) Throws parties.
(d) Invites strange women over.

5. What does Antara's grandmother say about her mother at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) That she will be okay.
(b) That she has gained a lot of weight.
(c) That she was a good mother.
(d) That she was always a problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?

2. What is one of the reasons Antara's grandmother gives for Tara's forgetfulness?

3. What does Antara say that the doctor has said when Tara acts as though she is fine in Chapter 3?

4. What other family member does Antara's Nani say was forgetful?

5. Which god did Antara have to marry and divorce before marrying Dilip so the god could absorb Antara's bad energy in the second chapter?

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