1. Clem urges Tris to let trained security agents handle the rescue. Tris refuses because he thinks they would botch it up. In real life, which approach would you favor? Why?

2. If Tris and his father's associates had not had any psychic abilities, could they have located the house where Emory Morgan was being held?

How would trained security agents do it?

3. Early in the story, Tris tells Rainy that everyone has the capacity for psychic contact, but that most people lose it because of the way they are brought up. Do you believe this? Why or why not? Should we try to help children stay more sensitive to "the unseen" and "the unsaid"?

4. Even Emory Morgan admits that there's a large degree of showmanship involved in his acts. Does this prove his psi is just a trick? Is it legitimate to embellish an ability...