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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Grievers does Thomas end up facing when he rounds the corridor in the conclusion of Chapter Twenty?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

2. How does Alby say the Gladers water their crops in Chapter Seven?
(a) With rainwater.
(b) With water hauled from the river.
(c) With water hauled from the lake.
(d) With water from pipes.

3. What is the name that new arrivals in the Glade are called?
(a) Greenbeans.
(b) Greenthumbs.
(c) Woofers.
(d) Scallywags.

4. For how long has Thomas been running in the Maze when he stops and decides he must head back before the Doors close in the beginning of Chapter Twenty-Nine?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) One hour.

5. What section of the Glade are the Track-hoes in charge of maintaining?
(a) The Fortress.
(b) The Garden.
(c) The Slaughterhouse.
(d) The Maze.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Ben injured in Chapter Eleven?

2. What group of Gladers are the only ones allowed to go into the Maze?

3. How long is the Griever described that first approaches Thomas as he hides in the vines in Chapter Nineteen?

4. What are the Slicers in charge of in the Glade?

5. What is one aspect that Newt describes happening to a person during the Changing in Chapter Twenty-Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Thomas and Minho greeted when they return to the Glade in Chapter Twenty-Two?

2. Where does Minho take Thomas to equip him as a Runner in Chapter Thirty-Two? What equipment does Thomas receive?

3. What does Thomas encounter once he's inside the Maze in Chapter Seventeen? What are Minho and Alby doing?

4. How do the Keepers respond to Minho's suggestion at the Gathering in Chapter Twenty-Five? What does Minho say to back up his suggestion?

5. How is the protagonist introduced in Chapter One? What history is established for this character in the first paragraphs of the novel?

6. Where does Thomas go in response to the experience of telepathy with the girl in Chapter Twenty-Nine? What does he do?

7. What does Thomas do when he is surrounded by Grievers in Chapter Twenty-One?

8. How is the setting of the Slammer described in Chapter Thirty? How would you describe Thomas's experience there?

9. Who arrives to protect Thomas when he is threatened in Chapter Eleven? What ensues?

10. What happens as the Griever approaches the Wall in Chapter Nineteen? What does Thomas do?

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