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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will Dilip and Antara get married?

2. What does Baba, the name they call the guru at the ashram, mean?

3. What does Dilip say when Antara expresses her anger at her mother calling her a liar?

4. What does Antara say she enjoyed killing as a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antara describe how the guru and his followers looked to her as a child in the ashram?

2. How is Antara's early life described as the start of the chapter entitled "1981"?

3. What family story does Dilip tell when he announces to Antara that he wants to be a vegetarian and why does he tell this story?

4. Where does Tara first begin to see people traveling to the ashram? How old is she? How does she change?

5. What does Dilip's mother suggest to Tara about their wedding, which offends Tara?

6. During which conversation between the narrator and her husband is her name revealed for the first time?

7. Describe Antara's ongoing art project as explained in Chapter 2.

8. How does Dilip's mother react when she sees some boys openly defecating when she first arrives in India from America and how does the narrator feel?

9. What does the narrator's husband, Dilip, suggest she do to try to help her mother's memory?

10. Why does Dilip decide to become a vegetarian in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the novel's themes.

Essay Topic 2

Write a detailed analysis of tone in Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.

Essay Topic 3

After reading the novel, write an essay analyzing whether Antara is a reliable narrator or not. Use details from the text to support your opinion.

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