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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. Who enters the common room first after the Gladers have broken the door handle in Chapter 3?

2. What is the last thing Thomas says to Teresa before leaving the building in Chapter 20?

3. For how many miles are the Gladers to head due north after reaching open air, according to their mission from "Rat Man" in Chapter 11?

4. What color is the door that leads from the dorm room of the Gladers to the common area in Chapter 3?

5. What does WICKED stand for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the Gladers do when they are approached by a man and woman in the desert in Chapter 18?

4. What do the Gladers do after one in their group is killed by a "death ball" in Chapter 15?

5. How does the man in the desert describe the Cranks in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Thomas dream about in Chapter 8? How old is Thomas in the dream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe WICKED in The Scorch Trials. How and why was this organization formed? What are the objectives of WICKED? How are Thomas and Teresa involved in WICKED's objectives?

Essay Topic 2

What different theories are posited in the narrative regarding the two groups? Why does Aris believe there are two groups that have gone through the Maze Trials? How do the other Gladers feel about Aris's theories?

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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