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

2. Why does Antara wash her sheets everyday?

3. How did Antara's father bribe classmates in order to make friends?

4. What is the name of Dilip's aunt who said plucked the hairs from her head when her father did not want her to become a Jain nun?

5. Where is Dilip from originally?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator's husband, Dilip, suggest she do to try to help her mother's memory?

2. What were some of the early indications of the narrator's mother's decline with a year before the story begins?

3. How is what Dilip says about Mr. Governor's behaviour when his wife is away different from what Antara says?

4. How does Tara's mother react when she first sees Antara's art project at a gallery opening?

5. What conversation does Antara have with Nani regarding the note she found in Tara's apartment about khichdi?

6. How does the narrator feel about the pain her mother is experiencing at the start of Chapter 1 and why?

7. In Chapter 1, how does the doctor describe what is happening to the narrator's mother's brain and memory?

8. What family story does Dilip tell when he announces to Antara that he wants to be a vegetarian and why does he tell this story?

9. How does Tara change once she is pregnant with Antara?

10. How does Dilip's mother react when she sees some boys openly defecating when she first arrives in India from America and how does the narrator feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the author's choice to write Burnt Sugar from Antara's point of view. How does this choice impact the story and the reader?

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 about the sensory details used in Burnt Sugar. Be sure to explain the deeper meaning and thematic significance of these details.

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