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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. Which animal killing in a zoo has turned Dilip into a vegetarian at the start of Chapter 8?

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

3. What happens to Kali Mata's mother-in-law, Grandma June, at the age of 59?

4. What does Tara's doctor tell Antara she should consider doing after Antara hands him her notes?

5. What does Tara say Antara smelled like in Chapter 10, which signified to her she had her period?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tara's doctor suggest Antara do in Chapter 11 after Antara shows the doctor her research notes?

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 1, how does the doctor describe what is happening to the narrator's mother's brain and memory?

5. How is what Dilip says about Mr. Governor's behaviour when his wife is away different from what Antara says?

6. How does Tara's mother react when she first sees Antara's art project at a gallery opening?

7. How does Tara change once she is pregnant with Antara?

8. What conversation does Antara have with Nani regarding the note she found in Tara's apartment about khichdi?

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

10. What does the Club represent to Antara as explained in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the author's choice to write Burnt Sugar from Antara's point of view. How does this choice impact the story and the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Write and essay about mother-daughter relationships in Burnt Sugar. Focus on relationships between Antara and Tara, Tara and Nani as well as Antara and Tara's mothers-in law. How do these relationships develop the overall themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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