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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 the name of the women who moves in next door to Antara and Dilip after the Governor's move out?

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

3. In what city is the art school Antara is accepted to in "2002"?

4. What does Antara begin feeding Tara after her confession to her in Chapter 26?

5. Where does Tara have the trucker take them when she and Antara leave the ashram?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tara say to Dilip in Chapter 14 about Antara's daily art project?

6. Why does Dilip tell Antara she is too intense after their conversation with Elaine in Chapter 22?

7. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Antara's relationship with Kali Mata and Antara's relationship with her mother. Use direct examples from the text to support your essay.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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