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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 kind of paper does Thomas ask for in the Map Room in Chapter Forty-Two?

2. When Thomas describes the Creators naming the Gladers in Chapter Forty-Nine, he says that Alby was named after whom?

3. What color hair is Teresa described as having?

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

5. Who leads the charge against the Grievers in Chapter Fifty-Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Thomas conflicted about going into the Maze in Chapter Forty-Three?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What "new problem" does Newt present in Chapter Forty? Why does this problem become an issue for Thomas in the chapter?

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

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

Discuss aspects of symbolism seen in the Banishing ritual in when Ben is Banished. In what ways might you compare this ritual to rituals you’ve experienced in school, church, etc.? How does the employment of ritual relate to society? What symbols are seen in this ritual?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Gally in the novel. What are the reasons for Gally’s distrust of Thomas? Where does Gally claim to know Thomas from? What happens to Gally in the story?

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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