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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 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?

2. Where is Dilip from originally?

3. What meal does Antara have with her mother at the start of Chapter 7?

4. What was given to Tara on her wedding day so that she would not be a burden to her husband at first?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dilip decide to become a vegetarian in Chapter 8?

3. Describe Antara's ongoing art project as explained in Chapter 2.

4. During which conversation between the narrator and her husband is her name revealed for the first time?

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

6. 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?

7. How does Antara's father react when she tell him of her mother's diagnosis?

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

9. What does Dilip say when Antara asks why he might want children at the end of Chapter 11?

10. How does Tara ultimately leave her husband in "1981"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the novel's themes.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the theme of motherhood in Burnt Sugar. Use direct examples from the text to support your essay.

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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