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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antara say that the doctor has said when Tara acts as though she is fine in Chapter 3?
(a) That he is terribly worried about her.
(b) That she is forgetting things.
(c) That she seems just fine.
(d) That she can no longer live alone.

2. What is the name of the women who moves in next door to Antara and Dilip after the Governor's move out?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Lana.
(d) Lynn.

3. What does Dilip say in regards to the mushroom's Purvi's husband describes which latch onto caterpillars?
(a) He says it sounds foolish.
(b) He says it does not sound very vegetarian.
(c) He says he has tried them and they are amazing.
(d) He says he knows all about them.

4. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?
(a) Move to America with them.
(b) Have Tara's baby sleep with her.
(c) Build a nursery in the house.
(d) Make Tara and her son get their own place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Kali Mata been at the ashram when she meets Tara?

2. What did Tara's mother-in-law begin to eat every day after her husband's unexpected death?

3. What does Antara tell their maid Vandana she wants her to do in the chapter "1989"?

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

5. What does Antara mark on her calendar after she finds out she is pregnant in Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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