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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 tell Antara she had dreams of at the start of Chapter 14?
2. What does Sister Maria Theresa call Antara when she wet her bed one night in "1989"?
3. What is the name of the old man who dances with Antara at Old Goa?
4. In what city is the art school Antara is accepted to in "2002"?
5. What was Reza's job before working at the diner?
Short Essay Questions
1. What hurtful thing does Vandana say to Antara when Antara tells her she has to do what she says because she is her boss?
2. What do Dilip and the woman at the party discuss after she tells him he looks younger since becoming a vegetarian?
3. What does Reza say to Antara in Chapter 21 the same evening she had gone skinny dipping with him and her mother?
4. How does Antara feel when she finds that Kali Mata had called several times while she was at Reza's?
5. In Chapter 18, what occurrences make Tara believe someone else may be living in her apartment?
6. How does Sister Maria Theresa treat Antara at the boarding school?
7. How does Tara know Antara is lying about the photo of Reza she finds in her place in Chapter 24?
8. How do the girls at the boarding school trying to turn the brutalities they receive from Sister Maria Theresa into a game?
9. What news does Antara's father call to share with her upon returning to India in "1995"?
10. What does Antara tell Nani after Tara told Nani that she sometimes hears Baba's voice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Moths appear throughout Burnt Sugar. Write an essay exploring the symbolic significance these creatures have in Burnt Sugar. Analyze the particular instances in which moths appear in the story.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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