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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. What word is written on the breast pocket of the woman's shirt that enters the room with the Gladers in Chapter Fifty-Nine?

2. Who is the Blood House Keeper that argues with Thomas at the Gathering in Chapter Fifty-One?

3. Who does Newt say the Grievers took in the night when Thomas and Minho return from the Maze in Chapter Forty-Five?

4. With whom does Thomas share a bunk in the dormitory in Chapter Sixty-Two?

5. Who does Thomas stay upstairs with overnight in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Thomas go about enacting his plan to be stung by a Griever in Chapter Forty-Six?

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

4. Why do Minho and Thomas return to the Glade in Chapter Forty-Four? What does Minho deduct from their experiences?

5. What does Thomas encounter once he enters the Griever Hole in Chapter Fifty-Seven?

6. What action does Gally commit in Chapter Fifty-Nine? How do the Gladers respond?

7. What happens when the Gladers reach the Cliff in Chapter Fifty-Five? Who sacrifices himself?

8. Who greets Thomas and Minho when they return to the Glade in Chapter Forty-Five? What information is related to them?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the reactions of the Gladers when Thomas and Minho return to the Glade after first spending the night in the Maze. Why is this activity so profound to the Gladers? How do you think this has changed the way that Thomas is perceived by the others? How does it change their perception of the Maze?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Thomas in the novel. Approximately how old is Thomas? What indications in the text allude to his approximate age? What characteristics does Thomas display in the first chapters of the novel? Is Thomas a likable character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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