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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 Antara to do try to help her mother remember things in the first chapter?

2. How did Tara begin dressing as a teen, which her grandmother said was old-fashioned compared to her peers?

3. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?

4. What was one thing Dilip's mother used to brag that she never did no her own as described in "1981"?

5. Where is Dilip from originally?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Dilip say when Antara asks why he might want children at the end of Chapter 11?

6. Why does Antara share a room with Kali Mata at the ashram?

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

8. What does Tara say when Antara suggests she needs new bras?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the symbolic significance of sweat and body odor in Burnt Sugar. Use some of the instances where sweat and odor are mentioned to further analyze the symbolic significance in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the novel to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the sensory details used in Burnt Sugar. Be sure to explain the deeper meaning and thematic significance of these details.

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