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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. Why does Rick not follow his social worker's suggestion?

2. For how long is Rick sentenced to the Detention Center?

3. What occupation did Nuke used to have?

4. What is a boy from Rick's unit doing in Phoenix?

5. What does Rick encounter on his way back to the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rick tell Lon about his dreams and what is Lon's response?

2. What is Lon doing when Rick wakes from his nap after Joe left, and what does Lon call M4 and why?

3. What does Rick see as he looks around the camp and what does he consider stealing?

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

5. What does Rick think is the reason for Nuke's pit bull's name, and what does Joe think about the burning of a ranger station?

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

7. What does the judge ask Rick, what is Rick's response, to what does the judge sentence him and why?

8. What does Lon tell Rick about his work?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

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