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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Antara's grandmother say about her mother at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) That she was a good mother.
(b) That she has gained a lot of weight.
(c) That she will be okay.
(d) That she was always a problem.

3. How did Antara's father bribe classmates in order to make friends?
(a) He would do their homework for the.
(b) He would get them liquor.
(c) He would buy them candy.
(d) He would pay them.

4. How long before their wedding did Dilip's mother arrive in India?
(a) One week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Two months.

5. What did Tara's mother-in-law suggest Tara do just before her husband got home?
(a) Prepare his dinner.
(b) Wait by the door.
(c) Prepare him a drink.
(d) Put on a new dress.

6. 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 smile.
(d) Her mother's misery.

7. What does Antara to do try to help her mother remember things in the first chapter?
(a) She pours over photo albums.
(b) She has Tara's mother tell her stories of her childhood.
(c) She sits with her and tells her old stories.
(d) She leaves little notes around the house.

8. What is different about the clothing of the woman who offers to help Antara at the ashram in Chapter 9?
(a) It is brightly colored.
(b) It is all black.
(c) She wears slacks.
(d) It looks expensive.

9. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?
(a) Avril Dashi.
(b) Antara Doshi.
(c) Tara Doshi.
(d) Avni Doshi.

10. What does Dilip's mother think about Antara's father?
(a) He moved away.
(b) He left when Antara was a baby and Tara never told her who he is.
(c) Tara does not know who Antara's father is.
(d) He died.

11. What is the name of the man Kali Mata meets who takes her to India?
(a) Ganesha.
(b) Govinda.
(c) Devendra.
(d) Bodhi.

12. Who does Antara share a room with during her time at the ashram?
(a) Kali Mata.
(b) Tara.
(c) Sita.
(d) Baba.

13. Where does Antara say her mother's history can be found at the end of "1981"?
(a) Her photo albums.
(b) Her cupboards.
(c) Her journals.
(d) Her drawings.

14. What does Tara tell Dilip at the beginning of Chapter 3 when he asks how she is doing?
(a) She asks where she is.
(b) She says she considered suicide at first, but feels fine now.
(c) She asks why he is asking.
(d) She asks who he is.

15. What does Antara separate in a steel bowl by color in the first chapter in her mother's apartment when they return from the doctor?
(a) M&Ms.
(b) Mung Beans.
(c) Skittles.
(d) Buttons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who does Antara say she always consider ageless until they died unexpectedly at home?

2. Where was Kali Mata born?

3. How long of a walk is it from Antara's house to her mother's?

4. What is one ingredient Antara does not say is missing from her mother's dish at the start of Chapter 7?

5. What part of their apartment makes Tara uncomfortable, but was a selling point for Dilip?

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