The Maze Runner Chapters 1-4

The main character in The Maze Runner

• Alby

• Chuck

• Thomas

• Teresa

The position Thomas is in in the elevator, and his travel through the dark shaft, is symbolic of his

• leadership

• death

• anger

• rebirth

The words, "shank", "klunck", "shuck-face", and "greenie", are terms the boys use in their informal _________language.

• slang

• colloquia

• language

• agreement

The name of the open space in the center of the maze where the boys live

• The Grievers

• The Glade

• The Sting

• The Maze

Descriptions of characters, setting, and the pace of the plot are all used to establish

• tone

• simile

• story

• theme

When the author gives hints to something that is going to happen later in the story, it is called

• tone

• theme

• alliteration

• foreshadowing

“Dilapidated wood”, “knarly limbs”, ivy on walls, sharp edged shapes like the squareness of “The Glade”, “the smell of manure”, and metallic sounds and devices, are just some of the descriptions that the author uses to show how the setting/environment is

• Romantic literature

• Dystopian literature

• Historical Fiction

Thomas enters a world where he is yelled at, told how to act, and feels like a prisoner. He uses this word to describe the other boys

• boss men

• captors

• friends

• foes

The story is told by this kind of narrator

• third person omniscient

• third person

• third person limited omniscient

• first person

When Alby says, "If you ain't scared, you ain't human," he is talking about the frailty of human nature. This is one of the _________ in the novel.

• tones

• moods

• themes

• conclusions