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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does everyone want to discuss when Dilip and Antara attend a party in Chapter 13?
(a) Antara's mother.
(b) Antara's artwork.
(c) Politics.
(d) Dilip's vegetarianism.

2. What does Tara do to Antara when Antara reaches for her after her mother and the guru exchanged a smile?
(a) She pulls Antara close to her.
(b) She pushes Antara away.
(c) She falls to her knees and cries.
(d) She does not look at Antara.

3. Where does Tara begin to go when she is pregnant and feeling alienated?
(a) The library.
(b) The ashram.
(c) On long walks alone.
(d) Church.

4. What term does Antara use to describe her mother in Chapter 27 when she asks Nani to watch over Tara?
(a) An ignorant donkey.
(b) A useless being.
(c) A forgetful elephant.
(d) A happy goldfish.

5. In Chapter 13, what does Antara say Dilip is obsessed with everything being when they discuss the differences between India and America?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Huge.
(c) Neat.
(d) Sterile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?

3. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?

4. What book is quoted in the invitation Antara received to be part of a gallery opening she and Reza attended together?

5. Where do Tara and her husband plan to move so he could pursue his masters degree?

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