Get Lost! The Puzzle of Mazes

What is the main idea of this paragraph: Imagine you are running along a narrow, gravel pathway. On either side of you is a six-foot wall of tangled hedges. Openings along the hedge lead to other long, leafy green hallways. They all look the same. You are caught in a maze! Can you find your way out? Even a compass won't help you. Many of these twisting passageways will never take you to the end. Instead, they lead to dead ends and you have to retrace your steps. This is what makes mazes so much fun--and so difficult!

• Mazes are dangerous.

• Mazes are fascinating places.

• It is impossible to get out of a maze.

• You should carry a compass into a maze.

Which of these belongs in the empty circle?

• A maze is for children

• A maze leads to a dead end.

• A labyrinth is made of hedges.

• A labyrinth may have no walls.

Yews make good hedges because they...

• create all kinds of maze designs.

• stay the same shape as they grow.

• grow quickly to six feet or higher.

• are easily trimmed into different shapes.

What do all kinds of mazes have in common?

• Mazes have many paths.

• Maze paths end in the center.

• Maze paths go from side to side.

• Mazes are designs in a flat surface.

The Silver Jubilee Maze is also known as the...

• Turf Maze

• Leeds Castle Maze

• Longleat Hedge Maze

• aMazing Hedge Puzzle

The creator of one of the longest mazes in the world is...

• Greg Bright

• John Wayne

• Mr. Gardner

• Edward Heyes

Leeds Castle maze contains all of the following features except...

• a crown shape

• hedges made of corn

• an underground cave

• sculptures of animals

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the section titled “Lost in the Cornstalks”?(p. 72)

• Picture designs are especially popular for maize mazes.

• Our most common type of maze is made from cornstalks.

• It’s nicknamed a maize maze because maize is another word for corn.

• Unlike hedge mazes, which last for years, maize mazes last for only one season.

All of the following have been pictures in maize mazes except a...

• map

• pyramid

• dinosaur

• cornstalk

Which character from Greek mythology has the head of a bull and the body of man?

• Minos

• Ariadne

• Theseus

• Minotaur