The Maze Runner

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following best states the symbolism of the way the Gladers arrive in the box?

A) Birth

B) Love

C) Hope

D) Kindness

2. Which of the following would the leaders of the Glade most encourage?

A) Spending time alone often

B) Exploring the Maze at night

C) Following schedules

D) Studying more than working

3. What literary device is this quote an example of:

His memory loss was strange. He mostly remembered the workings of the world—but emptied of specifics, faces, names. Like a book completely intact but missing one word in every dozen, making it a miserable and confusing read. (Chapter 3)

A) Alliteration

B) Hyperbole

C) Allusion

D) Simile

4. How does Thomas sacrifice himself for others?

A) He risks his life in the Maze overnight to help Alby and Minho.

B) He volunteers to work as a Med-Jack during the final escape.

C) He lowers himself into the box to get Teresa out when she arrives.

D) He sleeps in the woods when the Homestead becomes too crowded.

5. How does Thomas approach the Changing?

A) With great blame toward Alby

B) In calm resignation and peace

C) From a place of grief about Chuck

D) As necessary to regain some memories

6. What type of figurative language does the following quote contain?

Alby continued. ‘I hope the Changing doesn’t give us real memories—just plants fake ones. Some suspect it—I can only hope. If the world’s the way I saw it...’ He trailed off, leaving an ominous silence. (Chapter 31)

A) Metaphor

B) Foreshadowing

C) Symbolism

D) Imagery

7. Which of the following most builds Thomas’s protective feelings toward Chuck?

A) The practical joke Chuck plays on Gally the first night

B) Chuck asking about having parents before the Glade

C) When Chuck tries to talk Thomas out of becoming a Runner

D) Alby insisting Thomas watch over Chuck from the second day on

8. How is the Maze symbolic of the outside world in the novel?

A) The Maze is made of ivy, which represents how green the cities are now.

B) The Maze holds danger and uncertainty like the world with the Flare.

C) The Maze offers opportunity for the strong as the electric beetles offer for those outside.

D) The Maze has four sections similar to the sections of the land beyond.

9. Which of the following brings the most chaos to the Glade?

A) The walls remaining open at night

B) Thomas arriving in the box

C) The Runners creating and storing maps

D) Ben’s banishment into the Maze

10. What causes the Gladers to finally try their escape from the Maze rather than remain in the Glade as they have been?

A) A desperate plea for help from the Creators, sent through the box with supplies

B) Teresa waking up and needing medical attention beyond what the Glade has

C) Changes such as the sun vanishing and Grievers attacking within the Glade

D) Ben and Gally returning and encouraging the others to follow their lead

11. What can be inferred about Alby running toward the Grievers?

A) Alby has somehow forgotten what the Grievers are capable of.

B) Alby believes he is immune to the Grievers based on his memories from the Changing.

C) Alby desperately does not want to return to the world with the Flare.

D) Alby hopes Thomas will follow and be taken since he blames him for the Maze.

12. When escaping, why does Thomas run past others from the Glade who need help?

A) Thomas has demonstrated he does not care about the other Gladers except Newt, Chuck, and Teresa.

B) Thomas knows he must immediately get the supplies to the Creators to stop the Flare at all costs.

C) Thomas sees Teresa and Chuck in trouble, so he sacrifices others to get to them to help.

D) Thomas understands his role in the escape to be getting the code into the machine in the Grievers Hole.

13. How do Thomas’s feelings toward Teresa shift over the course of the novel?

A) The moment he sees her in the box, Thomas feels hatred toward her, but he grows to tolerate Teresa.

B) When Teresa initially arrives, she causes Thomas joy he has never felt, but after a key event, he despises her.

C) At first Thomas is somewhat worried about his connection to Teresa, but later, he relies on their bond.

D) As Teresa appears, Thomas is overcome with wonder, but by the end, he becomes increasingly irritated with her.

14. Which of the following best describes the Gladers’ escape from the maze?

A) Thought-out, dangerous, and somewhat successful

B) Unplanned, chaotic, and mostly unsuccessful

C) Well-executed, safe, and completely successful

D) Lucky, easier than imagined, but still unsuccessful

15. Which of the following is the accurate order of events?

A) Thomas and Teresa meet; Thomas arrives in the Glade; Thomas goes through the Changing; Thomas escapes the Maze.

B) Thomas arrives in the Glade; Thomas goes through the Changing; Thomas escapes the Maze; Thomas and Teresa meet.

C) Thomas goes through the Changing; Thomas escapes the Maze; Thomas and Teresa meet; Thomas arrives in the Glade.

D) Thomas escapes the Maze; Thomas and Teresa meet; Thomas arrives in the Glade; Thomas goes through the Changing. 

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Why do the Gladers continue to trust Thomas despite warnings from Gally and Thomas’s revelations he helped build the Maze?

2. What does the memo in the Epilogue reveal about those who rescued the Gladers?