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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Antara at the ashram before she begins to sleep ok?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 4 weeks.

2. What does the doctor say "are protein formations that usually appear in the brain of Alzheimer's patients" (7)?
(a) Amyloid plaque.
(b) Neurofibrillary proteins.
(c) Neurological protein inhibitors.
(d) Alzheimer's plaque.

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

4. Where did Tara and Antara live when Antara was young?
(a) Italy.
(b) An ashram.
(c) A convent.
(d) A homeless shelter.

5. What year do Antara and Tara leave the ashram?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Antara taken to the nurse at her boarding school toward the end of "1989"?

2. What did Purvi's husband threaten to do to Antara when they argued a year before?

3. What does Antara quickly learn she is not to speak of when she and her mother are at her grandparents in "1989"?

4. Where does Antara's father live?

5. Where were the travelers Tara met as a teen at the roadside diner heading to?

(see the answer key)

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