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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 is one of the reasons Antara considers having a baby in Chapter 22?

2. What medium does Antara's college advisor suggest she work in?

3. What does Tara do after giving Antara water in "1986"?

4. How does Purvi respond when Antara asks her if she thinks she should get a real job?

5. Where do the girls sleep at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dilip and the woman at the party discuss after she tells him he looks younger since becoming a vegetarian?

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

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

4. Why does Antara wish Kali Mata is there after having her baby in Chapter 27?

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

6. What news does Antara's father call to share with her upon returning to India in "1995"?

7. Why is Tara brought to Antara at the beginning of Chapter 12, "1986" and how does she react?

8. In Chapter 14, what does Antara tell Dilip when he finds the photo from her art project that she has always claimed to have lost?

9. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Purvi's role in Burnt Sugar. Analyze her relationship with Antara and explore the significance of this relationship on the novel's themes.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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