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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. At the beginning of Chapter Thirty-Seven, Beatrice says that the Erudite and Dauntless forces are concentrated in which faction's sector?

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

4. Who does Beatrice see shooting a council member and his wife in Chapter Thirty-Three?

5. Beatrice hears a woman's voice talking to whom about finding Divergent rebels amongst the initiates in Chapter Twenty-One?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Four say about his decision to join the Dauntless faction in Chapter Twenty-Six?

3. How does Beatrice go about coercing Peter to tell her where the computer room is located in Chapter Thirty-Seven?

4. What new simulation do the initiates encounter in Chapter Twenty-Seven? How does Beatrice respond to this simulation?

5. What are the first two fears in the fear landscape Beatrice encounters in Chapter Twenty-Five? Whose fears are these?

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

7. How does Natalie explain the different factions' fears and loathing of Divergents in Thirty-Five?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Divergent. Is the story told in a linear or nonlinear fashion? Where in the narrative are the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement? How traditionally structured is the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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