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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. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?
2. Which animal killing in a zoo has turned Dilip into a vegetarian at the start of Chapter 8?
3. How does Antara describe the guru in Chapter 9?
4. Where does Kali Mata go to stay with her sister after her husband and daughter die?
5. What does Antara say she enjoyed killing as a child?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the moment Antara first meets Kali Mata in Chapter 9.
2. How does Tara change once she is pregnant with Antara?
3. How does Tara ultimately leave her husband in "1981"?
4. What conversation does Antara have with Nani regarding the note she found in Tara's apartment about khichdi?
5. How does Tara's mother react when she first sees Antara's art project at a gallery opening?
6. Describe Antara's ongoing art project as explained in Chapter 2.
7. How does the narrator feel about the pain her mother is experiencing at the start of Chapter 1 and why?
8. What were some of the early indications of the narrator's mother's decline with a year before the story begins?
9. Why does Dilip's mother send a pandit to perform a wedding ceremony between the narrator and Vishnu?
10. What does Tara say when Antara suggests she needs new bras?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Antara experiences personal changes throughout the novel. In what ways does Antara change and in what ways does she remain the same? How do these changes develop the themes of Burnt Sugar?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Antara's relationship with Kali Mata and Antara's relationship with her mother. Use direct examples from the text to support your essay.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring Dilip's character in Burnt Sugar. What is the significance of his role in Antara's life? How does he move the storyline along?
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