Dauntless
Though Abnegation was known for their dull gray wardrobes, Tris trades most of her grey clothing for this trademark Dauntless color. She keeps a pair of grey shoes, though.
What is black?
This character is a dangerous scientist, so brilliant that no problem is unsolvable--even Divergents.
Who is Jeanine?
Who are the elderly?
The day of Dauntless initiation ceremony, Tris looks down at her tray. Subconsciously, she has chose Abnegation food, including these three items.
What are chicken breast, peas, and brown bread?
Who is Al?
The rankings for Dauntless initiates are determined by a combination of these 3 scores.
What are combat training, simulation scores, and the final simulation?
When he follows Tris up the Ferris wheel, Four faces this fear.
What is fear of heights?
Jeanine considers Divergent individuals are a threat for this reason.
What is control?
What is the foot?
This tattoo artist was one of Tris's first allies, thinking quickly to hide the Divergent results from being made public.
Who is Tori?
Veronica Roth often refers to this color lighting in the Dauntless compound, inferring the cold, detached environment of combat and power.
What is blue light?
When Tris completes her zipline fall from the Hancock building, she is hovering 20 feet in the air. She must complete this final challenge in order to get down.
What is trustfall?
Tris slips out of the Dauntless compound to visit Caleb. She mentions their mother's visit, and Caleb is hurt that Mom did not come to see him. He does not know this limitation.
What is the Erudite ban on Abnegation visitors?
This faction always wears blue, both because it symbolizes their faction and because a "calm mind is a clear mind."
What is Erudite?
Though he was a friend, Tris had no choice but to shoot this friend in the head. She knows she hit him there because that's where she aimed.
Who is Will?
When Tris left her faction, leaps from the train, and jumps blindly into the Dauntless compound, Veronica Roth writes, "the hole surrounds [Tris] and [she] drops into darkness." She hits a hard surface and is caught by what implement?
What is a net?
The morning after Tris's near-deadly attack, Drew stumbles into the dining hall, severely beaten. Roth insinuates, but never openly clarifies, that Drew's injuries were committed by this character.
Who is Four? (pg 293)
This man is the leader of Abnegation; he also stars in one of Tobias' simulated fears.
Who is Marcus?
Because selflessness and bravery are the same thing, Tris has these symbols tattooed, one on each shoulder.
What are the symbols for Abnegation and Dauntless?
Who is Myra?
This guest to the Dauntless compound led Tris confidently through the facility. Tris wonders how she knows where she is going. She is, after all, from a different faction.
Who is Tris' mom, Natalie Prior.
This event is unlikely to be an accident because of the distance someone would have to stumble in order for the fall to be inadvertent.
What is Al's suicide?
In revenge for Tris's victory in battle, this character helps to create false news propaganda about Tris's father, further eroding the trust in which the factions have placed in the government leadership of Abnegation.
Who is Molly?
Divergent is set in a post-apocalyptic version of this American city.
What is Chicago, Illinois?
Because friendships in Abnegation cannot truly deepen without personal details, Tris' relationship with Christina was immediately more authentic than her connection to this former schoolmate.
Who is Susan?