Divine Rivals WHS

Who is the author of the book, "Divine Rivals"?

Rebecca Ross

In the book "Divine Rivals, who is the main character?

Iris Winnow (Ross 1)

In the book "Divine Rivals, who is the older brother of Iris?

Forest Winnow (Ross 1)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what is Iris' nickname given to her by her brother Forest before he leaves?

Little Flower (Ross 3)

In the book "Divine Rivals", who is the mother of Iris?

Aster Winnow (Ross 4)

In the book "Divine Rivals", where did Iris' mom Aster work?

Revel Diner (Ross 3)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what two promises did Iris give to Forest as she suggests she could also enlist?

Take care of mum and Stay in school (Ross 2)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what promise does Forest give to Iris as he departs?

He'll write to Iris (Ross 4)

In the book "Divine Rivals, what does Iris compare Forest's trench coat?

Like a horologist shop; like dusty half-wounds clocks and expensive oil and those tiny metal instruments Forest's fixes (Ross 4)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what is Forest's profession before enlisiting and departing?

Horologist apprentice (Ross 4)

In the book "Divine Rivals", who is Iris' "sworn enemy" but is actually friends with?

Roman C. Kitt (Ross 7)

In the book "Divine Rivals", how much time passes since Forest leaves for the war?

5 months (Ross 7)

In the book "Divine Rivals", when did Iris start working and dropped out of school?

2 months after Forest leaves (Ross 10)

ITB "Divine Rivals", who is Sarah Prindle?

a fellow worker in the Oath Gazette (Ross 10-11)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what school did Roman go to?

Devan Hall (Ross 10)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what school did Iris go to?

Windy Grove High School (Ross 10)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what columnist position do Iris and Roman go for?

the Gazette (Ross 10)

In the book "Divine Rivals", who is Iris' boss?

Zeb Autry (Ross 12)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what competition did Iris win so that she could also strive for the Gazette?

The Gazette-in-Winter Competition (Ross 13)

In the book "Divine Rivals", who does Forest fight for in the war?

Enva (Ross 14)

In the book "Divine Rivals", in what country does the book take place?

Oath (Ross 15)

In the book "Divine Rivals", who is Enva's sworn enemy?

Dacre (Ross 16)

In the book "Divine Rivals", how does Zeb Autry react after hearing Iris brother Forest fights for Enva?

He released a sigh (Ross 14)

In the book "Divine Rivals", why is Iris glad that Roman turned her down for a sandwich?

She couldn't afford much (Ross 19)

In the book "Divine Rivals", who is the 'president figure" in Oath?

Chancellor Verlice (Ross 20)

In the book "Divine Rivals", who is the rival company of the Gazette?

the Inkridden Tribune; Tribune (Ross 20)

In the book "Divine Rivals", when Iris looks at a newspaper from the Inkiridden Tribune, what appears on the front page?

a monster/creature sighted thirty kilometers from the war front (Ross 20)

In the book "Divine Rivals", where and what was the city Oath built out of?

built centuries ago on the grave of a conquered god (Ross 21)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what problem does Iris' mom, Aster, have?

She drinks (Ross 21-22)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what does Aster do with Nan's radio?

She sells it (Ross 22)

In the book "Divine Rivals", in what conditions does Iris live in?

Poor conditions (no electricity, dirty environment) (Ross 21-22)

In the book "Divine Rivals", what did Nan leave Iris that she uses to write with and hides under her bed?

Nan's typewriter (Ross 23)

In the book "Divine Rivals", as Iris pretends to write a letter for Forest, what does she want Forest to do?

She wants him to leave the war and come back to her and their mother (Ross 24)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what is the name of Iris' typewriter that her grandma left her?

The Third Alouette (Ross 26)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what is Iris grandma's name?

Daisy Elizabeth Winnow (Ross 26)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what did her first letter from the mystery person say?

"This isn't Forest." (Ross 26)

ITB "Divine Rivals", who saves Iris from getting smashed on the cobblestones after reading the letter saying "This isn't Forest"?

Roman (Ross 28)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what was Sarah's dream, something she envisioned for as a girl and anything seemed possible?

Work in the museum (Ross 30-31)

ITB "DIvine Rivals", who are part of Enva's family?

the Skywards (Ross 31)

ITB "Divine Rivals", who are part of Dacre's family?

the Underlings (Ross 31)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what is Iris' dream as a profession and such?

Write things that inspire or inform people (Ross 31)

ITB "DIvine Rivals", what is the monster on the front paper of the Inkridden Tribune?

an eithral (Ross 32)

ITB "Divine Rivals", where did the Skywards rule?

Cambria from above (Ross 34)

ITB "Divine Rivals", where did the Underlings reign?

below (Ross 34)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what five gods remained after the hundred gods killed each other?

Dace, Enva, Mir, Alva, Luz (Ross 34)

ITB "Divine Rivals", where were the remaining gods buried?

Dacre in the west, Enva in the east, Mir in the north, Alva in the south, Luz in Central Borough (Ross 34)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why did Roman ponder over the dilemma of whether telling Iris, he was receiving her letters?

He didn't want to embarrass her and didn't want to get scolded (Ross 38)

ITB "DIvine Rivals", how long had Iris pretended to write to Forests and Roman decided to write back to her?

3 months (Ross 39)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why does Zeb Autry tell everyone to notify him if they receive a job offer?

The Inkidridden Tribune is looking to hire journalists as War Correspondents (Ross 42)

ITB "Divine Rivals", for what reason does Zeb Autry believe the Inkridden Tribune wants to hire war correspondents?

To scare their readers (Ross 43)

ITB "Divine Rivals", in what city was Dacre buried in?

the Western Borough (Ross 43)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how did the war start once Dacre appeared?

Dacre had attacked town after town and the Western Borough sending out a call for help; the Southern and Central boroughs to respond first (Ross 43)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why does Roman believe Iris is receiving "special favors" by Zeb Autry?

Roman believes Zeb is pitting Iris (Ross 45)

ITB "Divine Rivals", after Iris leaves Roman thinking he thinks Zeb pities her; what does she come home to?

Iris' mom, Aster, setting up dinner (Ross 47)

ITB "Divine Rivals", when Iris asks her mom if Forest is still alive; how does Aster respond?

Aster believes he's alive b/c she's his mother. (Ross 50)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what is Roman's father's name and how is he described as?

Ronald Kitt; tall but stooped, ruddy-faced with hard eyes that gleamed like blue gemstones, raven hair with thick lines of silver (Ross 50)

ITB "Divine Rivals", when Roman comes home after Iris gets offended by thinking Zeb pities her; who are the guests waiting for him?

Dr. Herman Little & his daughter Elinor A. Little

ITB "Divine Rivals", what is Dr. Herman Little's profession & where does he work?

A chemist at Oath University (Ross 51)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how is Dr. Little described as?

an older gentleman with sandy brown hair and overly large spectacles on a small crooked nose (Ross 51)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how is Dr.Little's daughter, Elinor, described as?

a pale girl with blonde hair crimped in a bob, blue veins pulsed in her temples and on the back of her clasped hands; nothing but ice in her eyes (Ross 51)

ITB "Divine Rivals", where did Roman's nan live & how was she described?

in the east wing of the mansion & had a temper and spoke her mind (Ross 52)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what did the Mr.Kitt's grandfather pioneer make the Kitts rich?

the first railroad out of Oath (Ross 10 & 52)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what did Roman want to do after highschool but was changed into gaining the columnist position in the Gazette b/c of his father?

Attend university and study literature (Ross 53)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why did Roman's father choose for him to obtain the columnist position in the Gazette?

for positions of power and esteem (Ross 53)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what instrument does Elinor used to play and why she stopped?

piano; b/c music is now typically aligned with Enva (Ross 53)

ITB "Divine Rivals", according to Roman; what 3 reasons people were usually Dacre sympathizers?

zealousy devout, ignorant of the mythology showing Dacre's true nature, & people like Zeb Autry afraid of Enva's musical power (Ross 53)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how does Roman respond to people afraid of Enva's music?

in myths, her songs are woven with truth and knowledge as she strung her harp over the graves of mortals who died and guided souls from their bodies to the next realm whether it was to live with the Skywards of the Underlings (Ross 53)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why does Roman turns rigid as his dad say's Roman will get the columnist position even if it means by bribery?

Iris' words return to him like a slap in the face talking about Roman obtaining the position by bribing Autry (Ross 54)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what is so important that Mr.Kitt tells Roman to sit down after listening to his comment saying Roman will obtain the columnist position even if its through the means of bribery?

Mr.Kitt & Dr.Little arranged a marriage between Roman and Elinor (Ross 54)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why does Roman believe there is an ulterior motive to his father arranging a marriage between Roman & Elinor?

his father arranged the marriage of a professor's daughter and not a daughter of a lord commonly known to be in arranged marriages in the upper class: viscounts, countesses & anyone with old titles (Ross 55)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why does Roman accept the arranged marriage between him & Elinor?

he feels guilt as he feels obligated to b/c of him failing is duties once (foreshadow to his sister's death) (Ross 55)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what question does Iris ask 'the person who isn't Forest' that became a distraction to Roman after knowing about his arranged marriage?

"What do you know of Dacre & Enva" (Ross 57)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how does Roman know much of the mythology involving Enva & Dacre?

the old volume stories of his grandfather (Ross 57)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what did Roman's grandfather used to do with his handwritten volumes of mythology?

tucked the papers away in books for safekeeping (Ross 57)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what is the summary of Roman's first half myth, about Enva & Dacre; he sent to Iris?

Skywards ruled above & the underlings reigned below, Dacre decided he would capture one of his enemies b/c he was bored and so, he asked a mortal above who was the most beloved Skyward divine. the human answered with Enva who played music on her harp which would melt the coldest hearts & ferries mortal souls after they died. Dacre decided to send his hounds to capture her but also sent wyverns to search while the sun is up. Dacre himself found her in a graveyard as he heard the music of a harp and asked her to come with him but didn't respond as she asked why he caused so much chaos. Once she had left, Dacre ravaged the lands until Enva proposed to go with him on one condition; that being she could play her instrument whenever she desired. And so, they both went below as Dacre didn't know what her music would do. (Ross 58-61)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how did Iris find out of Roman's arranged marriage?

Mr.Kitt wants Roman's engagement to be published on a paper (Ross 63)

ITB "Divine Rivals", why does Iris dismiss the beliefs that her and Roman liked each other and would end up together?

she makes the analogy of her and Kitt being like fire and ice as they would probably kill each other if they were on the same room for too long (Ross 63)

ITB "Divine Rivals", who is Dr.Herman O. Little's wife?

Mrs. Thora L. Little (Ross 63)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how did Roman seem once he arrived at the Gazette after learning last night about his arranged marriage?

hardly any light in his eyes, starting at his desk with his face frozen (Ross 64)

ITB "Divine Rivals", the day after Roman learned about his arranged marriage at the Gazette, where does Iris offer to go with him and why?

Iris offered to help Roman on his missing soldier article and suggested to buy two sandwiches and eat on the park bench (Ross 65)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how old is Roman Kitt?

19 (Ross 68)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how does Iris respond when Roman makes the question "Is it possible to love a stranger"?

"Perhaps in time"(Ross 68)

ITB "Divine Rivals", when Iris asks Roman for his notes to help him for his article; how are his notes?

verbatim as they have the facts but no emotion (Ross 69)

ITB "Divine Rivals", as Iris is telling Roman about her brother Forest not sending back letters, Roman asks her how she feels; how does Iris respond?

"It feels like wearing shoes that are too small", as she wears his shoes with every steps reminding her of him.

ITB "Divine Rivals", how does Iris react to her mother gone?

anxious as she believed there was no reason to panic but she knew something was boiling within her (Ross 71)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what letter does Iris send the person 'who is not Forest' as she returns home to see that her mother is gone?

"Do you ever feel as if you wear armor, day after day?" (Ross 72)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how does Roman respond to Iris' letter about wearing armor?

Roman thinks that everyone wears armor (Ross 73)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what was Iris' reaction to reading a paper about a woman killed the night her mom was gone?

rose with knees shaking, weight in her chest was overwhelming; rushed to the Constable Stratford at Station Nine (Ross 76)

ITB "Divine Rivals", as Iris is examining the woman's dead body, who is her?

Aster (Ross 77)

ITB "Divine Rivals", how is Iris after her mother's death?

Iris wept and cried the memories of her mother telling Iris she'll become a famous writer into her mother's pillow (Ross 80)

ITB "Divine Rivals", after Iris cried herself to sleep b/c of the death of her mother; to who does she find knocking out of her apartment?

Roman (Ross 80)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what does Iris' letter consist about as she writes to the person who "is not Forest" after Roman came to her apartment?

"Sometimes I'm afraid to love other people" (Ross 83)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what letter does the person who "is not Forest"(actually Roman) reveal about himself to Iris, after Iris sends her letter about her struggle to love others?

'this not not Forest'(actually Roman) had a little sister which his parents rarely speak about named Georgiana but he called he Del because of her middle name Delaney (Ross 85)

ITB "Divine Rivals", who is Roman's sister and why is she rarely mentioned?

Georgiana Delaney (Del) Kitt; Del drowned on her seventh birthday four years ago, Roman blames himself for her death (Ross 85-86)

ITB "Divine Rivals", a month after Roman loses his sister; what appears in his dream, why, and how did Roman respond?

a goddess came to Roman and offered to take his pain for losing his sister away but so will his memories of her but he firmly said no, not choosing to trade his pain to erase Del's life (Ross 87)

ITB "Divine Rivals", as Iris goes back to the Gazette and write obituaries and decides to write one about her mother; in her first attempt at writing her mother's obituary, what phrase does she repeatedly type?

I have nothing (Ross 91)

ITB "Divine Rivals", at what age did Aster Winnow pass away?

forty two (Ross 91)

ITB "Divine Rivals", where was Aster born and what time of the year did she love the city the most?

Oath; Autumn (Ross 91)

ITB "Divine Rivals", what was Aster's favorite color and how did she call it?

Purple, but only called it "violet" (Ross 91)

ITB "Divine Rivals", who does Zeb Autry give the columnist position and why?

Kitt, he's reliable, industrious, and turns his work on time (Ross 93)