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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 do they call Sister Maria Theresa at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?
2. What is the name of the boarding school Antara attended in "1989"?
3. What does Antara do in the car when she is told she is going to boarding school in "1989"?
4. What is the name of the art school Antara is accepted to in "2002"?
5. How old is Antara when she loses her virginity in "1995"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.
2. What does Antara tell Nani after Tara told Nani that she sometimes hears Baba's voice?
3. Why does Antara wish Kali Mata is there after having her baby in Chapter 27?
4. What does Reza say to Antara in Chapter 21 the same evening she had gone skinny dipping with him and her mother?
5. Why does Dilip tell Antara she is too intense after their conversation with Elaine in Chapter 22?
6. How does Antara respond to Dilip when he says she was rude to their maid and that Americans would not speak to a maid like that?
7. How does Tara feel about her status as Baba's lover after his funeral, and how does Antara respond?
8. How does Sister Maria Theresa treat Antara at the boarding school?
9. Why does Tara ultimately decide to leave the ashram in "1989"?
10. How does the way Tara compares her body to Antara's in "1996" make Antara feel?
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 examining the ending of Burnt Sugar. How did the ending impact you emotionally? Do you think the ending was effective? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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