The Maze Runner Quizzes

The Maze Runner Quiz 1

1 What type of room is Thomas in at the beginning of the novel?
An elevator

A prison cell

A pine box

A submersible cage
2 One of the boys welcomes Thomas as he gets out of the elevator. What do the boys call the place they inhabit?
The Island

The Camp

The Glade

The Marsh
3 After finding himself in the Glade, Thomas meets the leader of the boys. What is his name?
Newt

Toby

Alby

Ralph
4 Upon meeting Thomas, Alby says that if Thomas wasn't scared on his first day Alby would do what to him?
Throw him off the Cliff

Leave him in the Desert

Sacrifice him to the Beast

Drown him in the Pond
5 Who does Newt tell Thomas to see about his sleeping arrangements?
Fred

Michael

Chuck

Jason
6 What did Thomas see scurrying in the tree branches when he first met Chuck?
A Changeling

A Beetle blade

A Wood Troll

A Griever
7 What did Chuck tell Thomas had happened to Ben?
He had been bitten

He had been shot

He had been stung

He had been infected
8 How old did Chuck guess Thomas was?
Nineteen

Sixteen

Thirteen

Fifteen
9 What did Thomas see when he entered the wooden building on the first floor?
Scary drawings on the walls

An old photo of a woman

A chandelier made of deer horn

A broken grand piano
10 What did Thomas notice about the Runners when they returned from the Maze?
They were all exhausted and worn down.

They were all very young.

They had lost all their hair.

They were covered with bruises.
11 Where was Gally when Chuck decided to play a prank on him?
Climbing one of the walls

In the garden

In his bedroom

In the bathroom
12 What did Thomas realize about Gally when he came storming out of the Homestead to chase Chuck?
He was much younger than he thought

He was not scared of him anymore

He was as frightened as everyone else

He was much shorter than he believed
13 What did Thomas reveal to Chuck before they went to sleep on Thomas's first night in the Glade?
He knew what was in the Maze

He remembered his past life

Thomas was not his real name

He had been in the Glade before
14 Who woke Thomas up early on his first morning in the Glade?
Gally

Alby

Newt

Chuck
15 What did Newt show Thomas when he took him to a window in one of the walls surrounding the Glade?
The Maze

Trapped Runners

The Cliff

A Griever
16 What did Newt tell Thomas was the purpose in life for those living in the Glade?
To destroy the Grievers

To sustain the remnants of civilization

To solve the Maze and escape

To found a new society
17 How are the Grievers described in the novel?
Slithering snake-like demons

Ghostly apparitions that disappear and reappear

A mix of machine and animal

Fur-covered trolls with horns
18 Thomas is convinced that his purpose in the Glade is to do what?
Become the new leader

Climb down the Cliff

Teach the boys to fight

Become a Runner
19 How often does new boy arrive in the Glade?
Once every season

Once a year

Once a month

Once a week
20 Which of the following is NOT a section of the Glade?
The Deadhead

The Carnage Hut

The Garden

The Homestead
21 What are the Runners attempting to do when they rendezvous in the concrete bunker in the Courtyard?
Share tips on defeating the Grievers

Decipher the code transmitted by the Beetle Blades

Comparing intelligence on the Creators

Map the layout of the Maze
22 When the alarm sounds in the Glade, it generally signals that what is happening?
A Griever has stung a Runner

The Glade is under attack

A fire has broken out in the Homestead

A new boy is about to arrive
23 What did Chuck tell Thomas had happened to a boy who attempted to climb down the hole with a vine?
He was caught and turned into a monster

He fell to his death and was never found

He was cut in half by an unseen force

He was trapped when the doors closed on him
24 What was unusual about the latest arrival in the Glade?
It is a girl

It is a robot

It is an adult

It is an infant
25 How does the author describe the girl who came up in the Box?
She has blonde hair and hazel eyes

She has dark eyes and brown hair

She has short hair and a scar on her cheek

She has black hair and pale skin

what are ten facts in the book

The new arrivals to the glade are called Greenbeans.

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When Thomas first meets Minho, the runner has returned from...

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What do the words stamped into the stone of the walls suggest about the world outside the maze? What might it suggest about why the boys are in the Glade?

Chapter please?

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If Thomas is correct about his suggestion at the end of chapter 50, what does it tell you about the creators?

Thomas' suggestion tells us that the Creators used the children for their own benefit. They caged them in the same way scientists cage rats to do testing. The cage may have been bigger, the mazes may have been more intricate, but in the end... the...

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The Maze Runner

by James Dashner

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