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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. What word from the code will the computer not allow Teresa to enter in Chapter Fifty-Seven?

3. What does the sign say that Thomas reveals underneath the ivy on the wall of the Maze in Chapter Thirty-Three?

4. What color hair is Teresa described as having?

5. In Chapter Forty-Seven, the narrator says that Thomas has no sense of what as he goes through the Changing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What actions does Gally commit when he appears in Chapter Thirty-Nine? What becomes of Gally in the chapter?

3. How does Thomas go about testing and proving his theory in Chapter Forty-Two?

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

5. How does Thomas explain the sunless sky and the arrival of him and Teresa at the Gathering in Chapter Forty-Nine?

6. What does Thomas demand in exchange for sharing his theory in Chapter Forty-One?

7. How does the woman rescuer describe the events surrounding "the Flare" in Chapter Sixty-One?

8. Why does Thomas leave the Gathering in Chapter Fifty-Two? Where does he go, and why?

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

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

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

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 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?

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