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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 decided in "2002" but does not tell her family?

2. What worries Dilip when Antara tells him she thinks her mother will have to live with them someday?

3. What do they call Sister Maria Theresa at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?

4. What event in Chapter 18 results in Antara deciding to stay at her mother's with her?

5. What is the girl with the darkest bruises dubbed at the boarding school in "1989"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Antara do in preparation for her confession to her mother about Reza in Chapter 26?

2. What does Reza say to Antara in Chapter 21 the same evening she had gone skinny dipping with him and her mother?

3. How long does Reza live with Tara and Antara before he disappears without a word?

4. In Chapter 18, what occurrences make Tara believe someone else may be living in her apartment?

5. What does Antara write in her diary in "1993"?

6. Why does Antara begin thinking more seriously about getting pregnant?

7. What does Antara tell Nani after Tara told Nani that she sometimes hears Baba's voice?

8. How does Sister Maria Theresa treat Antara at the boarding school?

9. How does Tara know Antara is lying about the photo of Reza she finds in her place in Chapter 24?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the theme of motherhood in Burnt Sugar. Use direct examples from the text to support your essay.

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 exploring the roles on men in Burnt Sugar. What do the men in the story represent? How to they impact the lives of the women in the novel? Use textual evidence to support your essay.

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