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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 the art school Antara is accepted to in "2002"?

2. In Chapter 13, what does Antara say Dilip is obsessed with everything being when they discuss the differences between India and America?

3. What does Tara begin to think after finding laundry in her basket that she does not remembering putting there?

4. What does Antara's family do after she is admitted to the hospital at boarding school?

5. What does Antara begin feeding her mother more of because she read it makes for a clean brain?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what occurrences make Tara believe someone else may be living in her apartment?

2. Why does Antara wish Kali Mata is there after having her baby in Chapter 27?

3. Why does Antara begin thinking more seriously about getting pregnant?

4. How does the way Tara compares her body to Antara's in "1996" make Antara feel?

5. How does Antara respond to Dilip when he says she was rude to their maid and that Americans would not speak to a maid like that?

6. What news does Antara's father call to share with her upon returning to India in "1995"?

7. Where is Antara when she first sees Reza in "2003"?

8. How do the girls at the boarding school trying to turn the brutalities they receive from Sister Maria Theresa into a game?

9. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.

10. Why does Antara change her mother's diet to include more fats in Chapter 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the roles on men in Burnt Sugar. What do the men in the story represent? How to they impact the lives of the women in the novel? Use textual evidence to support your essay.

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 examining the ending of Burnt Sugar. How did the ending impact you emotionally? Do you think the ending was effective? What might the author have done differently?

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