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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. Whom is Beatrice ordered to shoot in one of her fear simulations in Chapter Twenty-One?

2. In Chapter Thirty-Nine, Beatrice compares shooting Four to shooting whom?

3. Who is ranked second among the Dauntless initiates at the completion of their training?

4. Who is the instructor for the Dauntless-born initiates that presents her fear landscape in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

5. Who is ranked third among the Dauntless initiates at the completion of their training?

Short Essay Questions

1. What fears does Beatrice face in her fear landscape in Chapter Twenty-Nine? How does she overcome these fears?

2. What discovery does Beatrice make when she is taken to Jeanine's office in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

3. How does Tori describe the abilities of those who are Divergent in Chapter Twenty?

4. What sudden realization does Beatrice have when Four kisses her in Chapter Thirty-Two? Why does she not inform Four about this discovery?

5. How are the themes of fear and coming of age developed in Chapters Twenty-Five through Twenty-Seven?

6. What are the Dauntless initiates doing when Beatrice awakens in Chapter Thirty-Three? What does Beatrice do?

7. What is the first fear in the simulation that Beatrice faces in Chapter Twenty? How does Beatrice overcome the fear?

8. What does Jeanine reveal about Divergents within the Abnegation faction in Chapter Thirty-Four?

9. What conversation does Beatrice overhear the night after the rankings are posted in Chapter Twenty-One? What interrupts Beatrice's spying?

10. What does Four reveal about his aptitude test results in Chapter Twenty-Five?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Caleb? What faction does he join at the Choosing Ceremony? Why do you believe he joins that faction? What kind of job would you expect Caleb to have as a member of this faction? Do you believe Caleb belongs in this faction? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the boundaries that surround the city in the novel. From what are the boundary walls protecting the city? What faction guards these boundary walls? Who lives outside the boundary? What do you think the boundary symbolizes in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Jeanine. What is Jeanine’s role within the Erudite faction? Where does Beatrice recognize Jeanine’s voice from when she first meets her? What are Beatrice’s perceptions of this character? What happens to Jeanine in the story?

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