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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 war that David describes in Chapter 15 as a “civil war, waged by those with damaged genes, against the government and everyone with pure genes”?

2. In Chapter 4, the narrator opens by saying, “My mother always sits on the edges of things—chairs, ledges, tables—as if she suspects she will have to” do what?

3. The sculpture that Evelyn is seen caressing in Chapter 22 is said to be made of what?

4. What is Tobias’s mother’s name in the novel?

5. The photograph that Tris has been given in Chapter 14 is of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting established in the first chapters of the novel? What is the time period in which the story takes place?

2. What was revealed on the video that Tris and Tobias aired for the people in Chicago prior to the opening of Allegiant?

3. What does Tris recall of the Dauntless training and job opportunities in Chapter 13?

4. What does Nita say her objective is with the mission presented in Chapter 25? How do Tris and Tobias respond?

5. What are Tris’s actions in Chapter 21? What is her perception of Tobias in the chapter?

6. How are the members of the Amity and Erudite factions described in the first chapters of the novel?

7. What type of trip do Tris and the others take in Chapter 19?

8. What evidence does Nita produce to prove her points in Chapter 25?

9. How is the landscape outside the city walls described in Chapter 13?

10. What are the five factions that are introduced in the novel? What was the role of the Abnegation faction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Tris in Allegiant. How old is Tris described as in Chapter 1? What does the reader know about Tris based on the first two novels of the series? What characteristics make Tris a strong protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the setting of the fringe compound that Tris visits in Chapters 33 and 34. How far is this setting from the Bureau’s headquarters? Where is it in relation to the boundaries of Chicago? What are the objectives of the members of the fringe?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the history of Natalie Prior in the Divergent trilogy. In which of the previous novels did Natalie Prior appear? How did Natalie die? What did Tris come to learn about her mother before her death? What does Tris learn about her mother’s past through her journals in Allegiant?

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