The Maze Runner Ch. 17-18

What has happened to one of the people left in the Maze?

• He has been killed.

• He has been stung by a Griever.

• He has fallen off the Cliff.

• He has disappeared from the Maze completely.

How does Thomas hold Alby and himself securely up off the ground?

• He wedges a dead beetle blade in some branches

• He uses vines on the walls to wrap them high in the trees

• He finds a hidden ladder and climbs up the wall

• He uses the ropes from his backpack.

Each beetle blade has what stamped across its back?

• Wicked

• Monster

• Poison

• Cruel

The griever was morbid looking.

What does morbid mean?

• Bold disobedience

• Hold tightly

• Disturbing, gruesome

• Great happiness

Thomas came up with an ingenious idea to save Alby.

What does ingenious mean?

• Great happiness

• Strain and effort; hard work

• Disturbing, gruesome

• Smart; skillful; resourceful

Who squeezes into the maze just as the door is closing to try and help the other two runners?

• Thomas

• Newt

• Gally

• Ben

Just as the walls are closing for the night, what does Thomas see in the Maze?

• Minho carrying Alby

• A Griever attacking Alby

• Alby carrying Minho

• Alby & Minho with Ben

What does Minho find outside the gate in the morning?

• another note

• the neck collar and pole

• a map to the maze

• Ben

What is Minho's advice to Thomas when he heard the Grievers approaching?

• Split up to increase their chances of survival.
• Find a place to hide until they pass.
• Arm himself with whatever he could find.
• Sacrifice Alby to the Grievers.

To climb, scale, or rise up

• Ascent

• Canopy

• Corridors

• Apparition