All 35 Uses of
aptitude
in
Divergent
- Today is the day of the aptitude test that will show me which of the five factions I belong in.
Chpt 1 *aptitude = natural ability
- "Aptitude tests today," I say.
Chpt 1
- Our classes are cut in half today, so we will attend all of them before the aptitude tests, which take place after lunch.
Chpt 1
- I could tell him I've been worried for weeks about what the aptitude test will tell me—Abnegation, Candor, Erudite, Amity, or Dauntless?
Chpt 1
- They are used only for the aptitude tests, so I have never been in one before.
Chpt 2
- If you had shown an automatic distaste for the knife and selected the cheese, the simulation would have led you to a different scenario that confirmed your aptitude for Amity.
Chpt 3
- So you have no idea what my aptitude is?
Chpt 3
- "Yes and no. My conclusion," she explains, "is that you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite."
Chpt 3
- She recruited volunteers to administer the aptitude tests.†
Chpt 4
- A problem with the aptitude tests is rare.†
Chpt 4
- When I close my eyes, I see the stack of books on Caleb's desk, and his shaking hands sliding along his legs after the aptitude test.†
Chpt 5
- I know by looking at his smile, like I knew the second I entered the aptitude test room, that something bad is about to happen.†
Chpt 7
- I move my peas around with my fork, and my thoughts drift back to the aptitude tests.†
Chpt 8
- I feel like I am back in the aptitude test room, with the mirrors all around me and the wires connected to my forehead.†
Chpt 8
- I remember wiping them on my slacks before the Choosing Ceremony, before the aptitude test, before every important moment, and suppress a scream.†
Chpt 12
- He leans his face close to mine, which reminds me of lying inches away from the attack dog's fangs in the aptitude test, and says, "If I wanted to hurt you, don't you think I would have already?"†
Chpt 13
- Now, this is very important, Beatrice: What were your aptitude test results?†
Chpt 15
- After …. you know, after the aptitude test.†
Chpt 16
- Those with an aptitude for Dauntless picked up the knife in the simulation and stabbed the dog when it attacked.†
Chpt 16
- In the room is a reclining metal chair, similar to the one I sat in during the aptitude test.†
Chpt 18
- Do you ever administer the aptitude tests?
Chpt 18aptitude = natural ability
- "This simulation is different from the aptitude test," he says.
Chpt 18
- I deleted your aptitude results from the system immediately and manually logged your result as Abnegation.†
Chpt 20
- He and I both transferred from Erudite, only his aptitude test was inconclusive.†
Chpt 20
- I think my aptitude test ruled that one out pretty well.†
Chpt 25
- The aptitude test tells you nothing.†
Chpt 25
- I don't want to ruin the moment, but I have to know about his aptitude test.†
Chpt 26
- "You were going to tell me about your aptitude test results," I say.†
Chpt 26
- Beyond the library the floors change from wood to white tile, and the walls glow like the ceiling of the aptitude test room.†
Chpt 28
- The aptitude test, I mean.†
Chpt 28
- The aptitude test is by far my greatest achievement as a scientist," she replies.†
Chpt 28
- But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog's eyes in the aptitude test—a vicious, predatory stare.†
Chpt 28
- I got sick after the aptitude test too.†
Chpt 28
- He is the man with the scarred face from the aptitude test.†
Chpt 30
- All the trouble with your aptitude test results made me suspicious from the beginning.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(aptitude) natural ability