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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tara and Antara live when Antara was young?
(a) A convent.
(b) An ashram.
(c) Italy.
(d) A homeless shelter.

2. What are some of the things Antara now does for her mother at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Bathes her.
(b) Her laundry.
(c) Cooks all her meals.
(d) Makes sure her bills are paid and her seatbelt is fastened.

3. What does the narrator say she has found joy in at times in regards to her mother?
(a) Quality time with her mother.
(b) Walks with her mother.
(c) Her mother's misery.
(d) Her mother's smile.

4. What are some of the things Antara collected as a child that she still has when she moves in with Dilip?
(a) Her mother's baby teeth.
(b) Old toothbrushes.
(c) Antique tongue cleaners.
(d) Her grandmother's dentures.

5. What is one way Dilip tries to solve the problem Antara has with her father?
(a) He invites her father over the house for dinner.
(b) He begins to call her father every week.
(c) He schedules weekly lunches for Antara and her father.
(d) He suggests they invite him to dinner at the Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antara order when she reads it works better than Donepezil for her mother's condition?

2. What does Antara to do try to help her mother remember things in the first chapter?

3. What is Tara doing at Dilip and Antara's apartment at the start of the third chapter?

4. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?

5. What did the pandit do to indicate Antara's divorce from the god during her ceremonial marriage and divorce?

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