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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 protects Lon from an eagle's talons?

2. How does Rick get over the barbed wire?

3. Into what canyon has proven impossible for Nuke to get his cattle?

4. What is Lon doing at the opening to chapter 11?

5. What wakes Rick on his third day at camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lon tell Rick about M4, what does he point out to Rick and what does he tell Rick about the visitors?

2. How does Rick get caught and what does the man order him to do?

3. What librarian project does Rick think about, and how did that project fare?

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

5. Why has Rick been brought before a judge, what does he say about his actions and how does the judge view Rick?

6. What does the man do when Rick gets into the passenger side of the man's truck?

7. What does Rick tell Lon about the camp when Lon was gone, what is Lon's response and what warning does he give Rick?

8. What are two condors doing while an eagle is feeding and how do the condors feed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "The Maze". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in the story. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "The Maze". Consider the death of not just M4 and Rick's grandmother, but the death of the Rick's past, and how these events have affected him. Trace the point when Rick decides to let his past go and move forward.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "The Maze".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of this novel. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "The Maze". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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