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Chapter one
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
faction (pg. 1)
vanity (pg. 1)
selflessness (pg. 3)
placid (pg. 4)
antagonistic (pg. )
Chapter Questions
1. List the five factions. Use a dictionary to look up, and write, the definition of each
one.
2. Which two factions are not getting along?
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Chapter two
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
inconvenience (pg. 8)
supersede (pg. 9)
secreted (pg. 14)
apprehended (pg. 16)
irrational (pg. 17)
Chapter Questions
1. Why would there be a rule that states the students cannot be tested by someone
from their own faction?
2. What do you think this form of testing says about a person?
3. Do you think the five factions represent every basic personality type and fulfill all
the basic needs of people? If not, what faction(s) would you create to fill in any
gaps?
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Chapter three
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
perplexing (pg. 19)
inconclusive (pg. 20)
simulation (pg. 20)
divergent (pg. 22)
precariously (pg. 24)
Chapter Questions
1. Do you agree that the most important thing in life is community? What would be
the alternative?
2. Why is it so horrible that Beatrice was labeled “Divergent”? Why would it be
dangerous?
3. Which faction do you think you would have been born into, given your family and its
values? Which faction would you select at your Choosing Ceremony? Why?
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Chapter four
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
adornment (pg. 27)
sarcasm (pg. 28)
impeccable (pg. 33)
chide (pg. 33)
chastised (pg. 34)
duplicity (pg. 29)
Chapter Questions
1. Why do Abnegation have no adornment in their houses, clothes or hairstyles?
2. How is the city ruled? Why have they chosen to run the city this way?
3. What is the great peace?
4. Do you think Beatrice should choose Abnegation or Dauntless?
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Chapter five
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
subsumed (pg. 39)
homogeneity (pg. 39)
concentric (pg. 39)
philosophy (pg. 41)
precipice (pg. 42)
Chapter Questions
1. What does the quote “subsumed into Abnegation hive mind, projecting always outward. (pg. 39)” mean?
2. Explain how each substance listed in the Choosing Ceremony represents each
faction.
3. Why is the society divided into factions? Do you agree with their reasoning?
4. Aggression, ignorance, duplicity, selfishness, cowardice...draw a picture of each
human personality trait.
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Chapter six
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
scandalous (pg. 56)
hysterical (pg. 59)
Chapter Questions
1. What is the difference between being brave and being reckless?
2. Why is the word “stiff” slang for people belonging to Abnegation?
3. How does a new name remake a person?
4. Why is Tris’ government run only by member of Abnegation? Do you think this is a
good idea?
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Chapter seven
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
descending (pg. 61)
chasm (pg. 64)
conspicuously (pg. 64)
extravagance (pg. 66)
Chapter Questions
1. Why wouldn’t age matter when choosing a leader of a group?
2. What food do you consider extravagant?
3. Do you think it’s fair to rate the Dauntless-born and the transfers using the same
criteria? Why or why not?
4. What happens to Dauntless initiates who do not rank in the top 10? Why is the
bad?
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Chapter eight
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
eradicate (pg. 77)
inflection (pg. 79)
intimidating (pg. 85)
fatigue (pg. 86)
allocate (pg. 88)
Chapter Questions
1. How does Dauntless define cowardice?
2. How does Dauntless eradicate cowardice?
3. What did Tris’ new tattoo mean?
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Chapter nine and Ten
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
reprieve (pg. 91)
bulbous (pg. 92)
antagonize (pg. 107)
exploit (pg. 108)
writhe (pg. 108)
peripheral (pg. 111)
Chapter Questions
1. Four and Eric have different ideas about bravery (pg. 95). Which one do you agree
with? Why?
2. “Human reason can excuse any evil;…” (pg. 102) What does this quote mean?
3. Why do you think Dauntless has girl/boy fights?
4. Is it brave to fight, even if you know you’re going to lose?
5. Does it make someone a coward if they don’t want to hurt people?
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Chapter eleven and twelve
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
mesmerize (pg. 119)
awed (pg. 121)
fraternize (pg. 127)
incompetence (pg. 123)
dilapidated (pg. 123)
taut (pg. 133)
forlorn (pg. 135)
priority (pg. 143)
patronizing (pg. 154)
Chapter Questions
1. Why would the city be locked from the outside? Why would they want to keep
people in?
2. In a game like Capture the Flag, is it better to have a strong team, or a fast one?
3. Why is it important to learn strategy in Dauntless? Why do you think teamwork is
no longer a priority?
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Chapter thirteen and fourteen
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
peculiar (pg. 165)
scrutinizing (pg. 168)
disparity (pg. 171)
Chapter Questions
1. Why do you think Peter, Molly, and Drew dislike Tris so much?
2. Do you think Tris handled Molly appropriately, or should she have done something
different?
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Chapter fifteen and sixteen
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
inconclusive (pg. 186)
vigorously (pg. 192)
nostalgic (pg. 194)
manifesto (pg. 206)
hysteria (pg. 203)
Chapter Questions
1. Why does Tris feel guilty that Eric is proud of her?
2. Would it be brave for Tris to tell Eric who stabbed Edward? Why or why not?
3. What are “faction manifestos”?
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Chapter seventeen and eighteen
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
ritual (pg. 210)
mania (pg. 211)
reverence (pg. 213)
disheveled (pg. 215)
camaraderie (pg. 223)
visceral (pg. 230)
amygdala (pg. 231)
insensible (pg. 234)
Chapter Questions
1. On pg. 217, Tris describes a “marsh, wide and brown and everywhere, touching the
horizon,…” What did this marsh used to be?
2. Why does Tris consider it braver for her trust people to catch her, rather than sliding
down the zip line?
3. What do you think Tris’ hallucinations revealed about her fears?
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Chapter Nineteen, twenty and
twenty-one
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
bereft (pg. 243)
proselytizing (pg. 243)
inconclusive (pg. 258)
tranquil (pg. 265)
Chapter Questions
1. “Peace is restrained; this is free.” (pg. 250). Explain this quote.
2. How is breaking the glass an act of divergence?
3. What does it mean to be divergent?
4. Which faction do you think should be in power? Think back to the definition of each
while making your decision.
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Chapter twenty-two, twenty-three,
and twenty-four
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
vulnerable (pg. 285)
artifice (pg. 292)
Chapter Questions
1. Why would showing vulnerability make Drew, Peter and Al back off?
2. If you were Tris, would you forgive Al?
3. Abnegation and Dauntless have very different opinions regarding suicide. Outline
the different opinions and explain which one you agree with.
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Chapter twenty-five, twenty-six and
twenty-seven
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
malice (pg. 317)
corrupt (pg. 318)
petering (pg. 320)
guttural (pg. 323)
claustrophobic (pg. 325)
insurmountable (pg. 337)
self-deprecating (pg. 337)
Chapter Questions
1. How did Four get his name? What is his real name? Why is this significant?
2. What was Tris’ reaction to Lauren’s fear landscape?
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Chapter twenty-eight and
twenty-nine
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
inconsequential (pg. 346)
prosperity (pg. 350)
dilapidated (pg. 365)
brash (pg. 359)
moralizing (pg. 360)
Chapter Questions
1. Why are Erudite faction members required to wear at least one blue article of clothing at a time?
2. why does “prosperity” have a negative connotation?
3. What is Candor’s initiation? What do you think of it?
4. What do Tris and Tobias figure out at the end of the chapter?
5. Describe the Abnegation initiation ceremony.
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Chapter thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-two
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
cackling (pg. 388)
vulnerable (pg. 385)
eloquence (pg. 411)
Chapter Questions
1. How many fears did Tris have to face? Describe them.
2. Why does Tobias have tattoos of all five faction symbols?
3. What four things has Tris figured out at the end of chapter 32?
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Chapter thirty-three, thirty-four,
and thirty-five
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
deductive (pg. 427)
sentient (pg. 435)
self-righteous (pg. 429)
pliable (pg. 430)
Chapter Questions
1. How has Erudite initiated a Rebellion?
2. How did Tobias react to the new serum?
3. What faction is Tris’ mom originally from? How do we learn this?
4. Tris’ mom says, “Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad
creeps back in and poisons us again” (pg. 441). Do you agree or disagree? Why?
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Chapter thirty-six - thirty-nine
Vocabulary
Word
Definition:
selfless (pg. 457)
Chapter Questions
1. How is being brave and selfless often the same thing?
2. How is Tris able to pull Tobias from his simulation?
3. What do you think of the end of the story?
4. At the beginning of the book, Tris does not understand what it means to be
Divergent. How do you think she would explain it by the end of the book?