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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 is the name of the group of buttes Lon points out to Rick?

2. In what state is the camp where Rick is?

3. Why is M4's behavior a concern to Lon?

4. How does Nuke consider Canyonsland National Park?

5. Where is the car from that picks up Rick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Lon and Rick do after Joe leaves, what does Rick ask Lon and what is Lon's response?

2. What does Rick find in Lon's tent?

3. What does the man suggest Rick can do to get back to a town, what does he tell Rick about Rick's story and what is the man's name?

4. How does Rick end up at a gas station where a Humvee is parked?

5. What happens when Joe arrives at the camp and what does Joe tell Lon?

6. What is the dream Rick has when he is sleeping in the desert where the camper had gone?

7. What is Rick reading in the library, how does he relate to the story and what discourages Rick about Mr. B's encouragement?

8. Why is Nuke opposing Lon?

9. Why is Lon concerned about M,4 and what does he do about it?

10. What does Rick dream his second night in the camp and what wakes him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "The Maze", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "The Maze". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot.) Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Lon works to save the condors. He complains about people shooting animals or poisoning their food source. He keeps a crippled eagle with him and takes the eagle flying on a hang glider.

1. What does Lon's views on the suffering of animals say about the values he might hold? Use examples from "The Maze" and your own life to support your answer.

2. What do you think are the causes of people being cruel to the animals when it is not really necessary? Use examples from "The Maze" and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think should be the basic rights of animals, and the responsibility of humans to those animals? Use examples from "The Maze" and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "The Maze", questions that Hobbs most likely wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Hobbs' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

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