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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. The Grievers are described in the novel as resembling what huge creatures?

2. What is the single item of furniture in the Slammer?

3. Who says he will take Thomas on a tour of the Glade the following day in in Chapter Two?

4. Who protects Thomas when Ben tries to attack him in Chapter Eleven?

5. What section of the Glade are the Track-hoes in charge of maintaining?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Thomas and Newt learn when they go to visit the girl in the recovery area of the Homestead in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

3. What does Thomas encounter as he makes his way back to the Glade in Chapter Ten? Who leaps out and frightens Thomas?

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

5. What does Newt take Thomas to see in Chapter Six? What frightens Thomas in this setting?

6. What information does Chuck relate to Thomas when he visits him in recovery in Chapter Twenty-Three?

7. What happens when Thomas, Newt, and Chuck go to the Homestead to see Alby in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

8. How is the setting described that Thomas finds himself in after exiting the Box in Chapter Two? Who surrounds him?

9. What information does Thomas learn from Newt about the Runners in Chapter Fifteen?

10. What do the leaders of the Gladers do upon the arrival of the girl in Chapter Nine? How is the girl's condition described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the publication and genre of The Maze Runner. How many novels has the author written? What genres is he notable for? How did the Maze Runner fare critically upon publication? Do you agree or disagree with critics of the novel? In what ways?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Thomas’s discoveries in the falling action and denouement of the narrative. What does Thomas discover about “the Flare” and the history of the world. Why were the Gladers taken and placed in the Glade? What indications of foreshadowing in the novel’s ending suggest further novels to come?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Ben in the novel. What has happened to Ben just before Thomas arrives at the Glade? How has this event impacted Ben’s behavior and personality? Why does Ben attack Thomas in the narrative, and who defends Thomas?

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