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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Antara share a room with during her time at the ashram?
(a) Tara.
(b) Baba.
(c) Kali Mata.
(d) Sita.

2. What does Tara tell Dilip at the beginning of Chapter 3 when he asks how she is doing?
(a) She says she considered suicide at first, but feels fine now.
(b) She asks where she is.
(c) She asks why he is asking.
(d) She asks who he is.

3. Why is Antara often wary of her mother's affection as a child in the ashram?
(a) Because she knew her mother would leave her soon after.
(b) Because it was often followed by something unpleasant.
(c) Because it never lasted.
(d) Because it did not feel genuine.

4. What meal does Antara have with her mother at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lunch.

5. Where were the travelers Tara met as a teen at the roadside diner heading to?
(a) The convent school.
(b) The ashram.
(c) Bombay.
(d) The Taj Mahal.

6. What tattered articles of clothing does Antara notice hanging on her mother's balcony in Chapter 7?
(a) Saris.
(b) Stockings.
(c) Panties.
(d) Bras.

7. Where was Kali Mata born?
(a) Lincoln, MS.
(b) Lanesboro, PA.
(c) Louisville, KY.
(d) Leominster, PA.

8. What are some of the things Antara collected as a child that she still has when she moves in with Dilip?
(a) Her grandmother's dentures.
(b) Her mother's baby teeth.
(c) Antique tongue cleaners.
(d) Old toothbrushes.

9. Where did Antara begin to collect things as a child?
(a) The backyard.
(b) Her grandmother's house.
(c) Her mother's room.
(d) School.

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

11. What does Antara's mother deny saying when Antara brings it up in Chapter 7?
(a) That Dilip is a fool.
(b) That Antara is a liar.
(c) That Antara was trying to destroy her.
(d) That Antara's father is dead.

12. What was given to Tara on her wedding day so that she would not be a burden to her husband at first?
(a) Money.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) A maid.
(d) A lot of saris.

13. What note does Nani find at Tara's house which, after Antara reads it to her, she tells her it never happened?
(a) A note about Tara putting potato in Antara's khichdi.
(b) A note about Tara putting too much lemon in Antara's khichdi.
(c) A note about the time Tara put chili in Antara's khichdi.
(d) A note about Tara putting too much salt in Antara's khichdi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antara to do try to help her mother remember things in the first chapter?

2. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?

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

4. In Chapter 10, who does Antara say she always consider ageless until they died unexpectedly at home?

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

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