Chapter Sixteen - The One With The First Rankings

Tris returns to the dormitory and finds Al, who had been hiding from his family. He tells her that he is hiding because he doesn't want to have to tell them how badly he has been doing. What a baby! Seriously, somebody get this kid a pacifier! What made him think that he would ever fit in at Dauntless? Now to make things worse, Al tries hitting on Tris and is totally shut down. Tough luck Al. Tris goes for the bad boys, not pathetic crybabies like you.

She is almost as bad as this guy

Wow. I got a little carried away there. Anyway, at dinner that night, Tris and her friends talk about their aptitude test results. Seriously? That was one of about three rules I can think of since the beginning of the book and here everybody is breaking at all willy-nilly. Of course Tris is going to lie about her test results because she can't let them know that she is divergent (oh, so she won't break this rule). Christina, being the Candor that she is, sees right through her lies. Tris tries to cover it up and says that she got Abnegation as a result (which is half true), but I don't think Christina is completely convinced.

When the initiates meet up with Four, the first training results are announced. They are as follows:
1) Edward
2) Peter (boo!)
3) Will
4) Christina
5) Molly
6) Tris (eh... could be worse)
7) Drew
8) Al (well this isn't looking good)
9) Myra

With cuts coming tomorrow, Al is as good as gone.

When the initiates are sleeping later that night, Edward is stabbed in the eye with a knife. The only two initiates missing are Drew and Peter. They aren't so good at this whole "not getting caught" thing. But this is Dauntless. They won't be punished. If anything, they'll be rewarded.

Will and Tris take a walk. Will reads some of the Dauntless manifesto to her. The two come to the agreement that the current Dauntless has swayed from the beliefs of the original Dauntless and that it is Eric's fault.

"We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another."

When they return to the dormitory, Tris notices the bunks of Myra and Edward are empty. Christina informs her that they quit. This allows the rest of the transfers to stay without any additional cuts. You got lucky this time, Al.