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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 year do Antara and Tara leave the ashram?

2. What does Antara get rid of when she goes to her mother's apartment alone to get the items Tara forgot?

3. Why is Antara taken to the nurse at her boarding school toward the end of "1989"?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Antara say Dilip is obsessed with everything being when they discuss the differences between India and America?

5. What is the name of the boarding school Antara attended in "1989"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tara ultimately decide to leave the ashram in "1989"?

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

3. How do the girls at the boarding school trying to turn the brutalities they receive from Sister Maria Theresa into a game?

4. How does Antara feel when she finds that Kali Mata had called several times while she was at Reza's?

5. How is Purvi's husband described in Chapter 16?

6. Where is Antara when she first sees Reza in "2003"?

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

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

9. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.

10. What does Antara do instead of attending art school in "2002"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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