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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. Who takes out a gun and prepares to shoot Four in Chapter Thirty-Three?

2. How many days has it been since Beatrice visited Tori in Chapter Twenty-One?

3. Who says in Chapter Thirty-Seven, "Sometimes pain is for the greater good"?

4. Whom does Christina whisper to and then laugh during Beatrice's first simulation in Chapter Twenty?

5. Who does Beatrice say "warned us not to appear too attached to our parents on Visiting Day" in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tori say happened to her brother? Why did this occur?

2. Where is Beatrice going in the end of Chapter Thirty-NIne? Who is with her?

3. What is significant about Beatrice's choice of dinner in Chapter Twenty-Eight? Why does Beatrice sigh when she realizes what choices she's made?

4. What conclusion does Four reach after Beatrice's simulation in Chapter Twenty? Why?

5. Why does Beatrice hope to never see Christina again in the conclusion of the novel?

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

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

8. What actions does Four take in the beginning of Chapter Thirty-Nine?

9. What does Caleb reveal about the happenings within Erudite in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Natalie Prior. How does Beatrice’s mother differ from her father? What clues to Natalie’s past are revealed in the course of the narrative? What does Beatrice make of these clues?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the aptitude tests that are given to Beatrice and her peers in Divergent. What elements does the exam entail? What does this test determine? How would you compare this aptitude test to the types of exams you’ve taken in school?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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