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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. 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?
2. The first gravestone that Thomas examines at the cemetery in Chapter Ten has what name written on it?
3. Who proclaims Ben's crimes and punishment during the Banishment in Chapter Fourteen?
4. What word from Chapter Twenty refers to a hormone that is secreted in response to stress, which increases heart rate, pulse rate, and blood pressure?
5. What word, used to describe Ben in Chapter Fourteen, means an insane person?
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. How is the setting described that Thomas finds himself in after exiting the Box in Chapter Two? Who surrounds him?
3. What statements and suggestions are made at the Gathering regarding Thomas in Chapter Twenty-Four?
4. Who comes to release Thomas from the Slammer in Chapter Thirty-One? What information does Thomas learn from this character?
5. What does Newt take Thomas to see in Chapter Six? What frightens Thomas in this setting?
6. Who arrives to protect Thomas when he is threatened in Chapter Eleven? What ensues?
7. How is the setting of the Slammer described in Chapter Thirty? How would you describe Thomas's experience there?
8. How are Thomas and Minho greeted when they return to the Glade in Chapter Twenty-Two?
9. What happens when Thomas, Newt, and Chuck go to the Homestead to see Alby in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the deliberation of the Keepers and their decision for Thomas’s punishment and assignment after saving Alby in the Maze. Do you believe that the Keepers chose a fair plan for Thomas? Why or why not? How does Thomas respond to the plan?
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
Describe the process of “the Changing” that occurs in The Maze Runner. How did the Changing affect Ben’s behavior? What do you think Ben’s Changing foreshadowed in the narrative? What does Thomas expect from Alby’s Changing? What does Thomas experience in the Changing?
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