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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Dilip's aunt who said plucked the hairs from her head when her father did not want her to become a Jain nun?
(a) Kasha.
(b) Kashti.
(c) Kamala.
(d) Kali.

2. What happens to Kali Mata's mother-in-law, Grandma June, at the age of 59?
(a) She remarries.
(b) She dies suddenly.
(c) Her husband leaves her.
(d) She is diagnosed with cancer.

3. 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?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Mung Beans.
(c) Skittles.
(d) M&Ms.

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

5. What does Tara do to Antara when Antara reaches for her after her mother and the guru exchanged a smile?
(a) She falls to her knees and cries.
(b) She pushes Antara away.
(c) She does not look at Antara.
(d) She pulls Antara close to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say "are protein formations that usually appear in the brain of Alzheimer's patients" (7)?

2. What color is Tara's wedding sari?

3. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?

4. Why does Antara's father chastise her when she visits him in Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of the man Kali Mata meets who takes her to India?

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