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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Newt intend to stay while Thomas and the others enter Denver in Chapter 22?

2. Who has left Thomas and his friends a note in the Berg in Chapter 34?

3. What is the block on the memories of Thomas and his friends called in the novel?

4. What weapons are the guards from WICKED holding on Thomas and his friends in the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What is Thomas urged to do by the person on the police screen in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Thomas taken by WICKED when he was a child? What happened to his parents?

2. Discuss Thomas's past relationship with Teresa. Why doesn't Thomas trust Teresa?

3. What is Newt's history in The Maze Runner Trilogy? What is his relationship like with Thomas when The Death Cure begins?

4. What does Thomas learn has happened to Teresa in Chapter 17? How does he respond?

5. How does Brenda help Thomas when he is taken to have the Swipe removed?

6. Why do Thomas and his friends go to Denver?

7. How is the setting of Denver described when Thomas and his friends arrive in Chapter 23?

8. What is the Flare virus? What are the symptoms of the disease?

9. What does Rat Man urge Thomas to do in Chapter 32? How?

10. What causes the conflict that breaks out in the coffee shop in Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Thomas's relationship with Teresa in the novel. What is revealed about Thomas and Teresa's history in the trilogy? Why does Thomas have problems trusting Teresa? Are these overcome?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting where Thomas and his friends arrive after passing through the Flat Trans in the end of the novel. What imagery is used in describing this setting? What does this setting foreshadow for the protagonist and his friends?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of Denver in The Death Cure. How is this setting described when Thomas and his friends arrive? How does the setting change in the course of their stay in Denver? Why do they leave Denver?

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