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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. Who is the Keeper of the Builders in the Glade?

2. Where does Thomas say they have to go to reach the computer station in Chapter Fifty?

3. What immediate sensation does Thomas feel upon jumping into the Griever Hole in Chapter Fifty-Seven?

4. Whom does Gally knock to the floor when he arrives in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

5. How long has Thomas been unconscious when he awakens in Chapter Forty-Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What document comprises the Epilogue of The Maze Runner? Who is the author of this document?

2. Who greets Thomas when he awakens in Chapter Forty-Eight? How long has Thomas slept?

3. What information does Thomas learn from Teresa when they first officially meet in Chapter Thirty-Six?

4. What decision does Newt say the Keepers have reached in Chapter Fifty-Three? What preparations are made?

5. What actions does Thomas commit in order to reach the Griever Hole in Chapter Fifty-Six? How is he supported by the Gladers?

6. What does Alby confess to in Chapter Fifty-One? Why does Alby say he committed this action?

7. How is Thomas's first journey into the Maze as a Runner described in Chapter Thirty-Three?

8. What do Thomas and the other Gladers encounter when they exit the Maze in Chapter Fifty-Nine? Who greets them?

9. What does Thomas insist on doing immediately in Chapter Forty-Eight? Why?

10. How does Thomas describe the histories of himself and the other Gladers after his Changing in Chapter Forty-Nine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of justice in The Maze Runner. How is “theme” defined in literature? What is the relationship between themes, symbolism, and imagery? How is the theme of justice illustrated through the character of Newt? How is this theme explored in the Banishing?

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 and analyze the settings of the Weapons Room and the Map Room in the Glade. What weapons are contained in the Weapons Room? Which of these do the Runners use? How does the Map Room differ from Thomas’s expectations?

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