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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. Who is the author of Burnt Sugar?
2. What does Tara tell Dilip at the beginning of Chapter 3 when he asks how she is doing?
3. What does Baba, the name they call the guru at the ashram, mean?
4. Who does Antara see at the Club on Boxing Day though they do not acknowledge each other?
5. What does Tara's doctor tell Antara she should consider doing after Antara hands him her notes?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tara ultimately leave her husband in "1981"?
2. What does Dilip's mother suggest to Tara about their wedding, which offends Tara?
3. What does the Club represent to Antara as explained in Chapter 5?
4. Describe Antara's ongoing art project as explained in Chapter 2.
5. What does Dilip say when Antara asks why he might want children at the end of Chapter 11?
6. How does Antara's father react when she tell him of her mother's diagnosis?
7. How is Antara's early life described as the start of the chapter entitled "1981"?
8. Why does Dilip decide to become a vegetarian in Chapter 8?
9. What does the narrator's husband, Dilip, suggest she do to try to help her mother's memory?
10. What conversation does Antara have with Nani regarding the note she found in Tara's apartment about khichdi?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring Dilip's character in Burnt Sugar. What is the significance of his role in Antara's life? How does he move the storyline along?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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