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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 does WICKED stand for?

2. Who is sleeping in the bunk-bed above Thomas in the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. Within what amount of time are the Gladers to reach the safe haven after setting out on their mission from "Rat Man" in Chapter 11?

4. Who among the Gladers is referred to as "the hairy cook" in Chapter 3?

5. What does the madman outside of Thomas's window say he is in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Gladers manage to get the door to the common room open in Chapter 3? What do they do next?

2. What similarities does Aris's story share with the Gladers' in Chapter 6? What does Aris's tattoo reveal?

3. What is the mission that the man in the white suit gives to the Gladers in Chapter 11?

4. How is the storm described in Chapter 24? How does the storm impact the Gladers' journey?

5. How is the landscape described when the Gladers exit the underground tunnel in Chapter 17?

6. What happens when Thomas confronts the man in the white suit in Chapter 10?

7. What theory does Aris present regarding the two groups in Chapter 19?

8. What do the Gladers discover outside of Teresa's door in Chapter 4? How does Thomas respond?

9. How does Aris describe his recent past when he meets the Gladers in Chapter 5?

10. What awakens Thomas from his sleep in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of telepathy in The Scorch Trials. What characters are capable of communicating telepathically? What do you think this says about these characters? Why does the telepathy stop working in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the dreams that Thomas has throughout The Scorch Trials. How old is Thomas in these dreams? What is revealed to Thomas and the reader regarding Thomas's past through the dreams? How do the dreams relate to WICKED?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Thomas as the protagonist of The Scorch Trials. What "heroic" qualities does Thomas exhibit in the story? What do you think are Thomas's character flaws? What is Thomas's overall objective in the narrative?

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