The Maze RunnerBy: James Dashner

Chapter 1ascended (page 1)________________________________________________________________________________________immune (page 2)_________________________________________________________________________________________1. Why is Thomas confused?

2. How do the boys greet Thomas?

Chapter 2salvageable (page 6)______________________________________________________________________________________dilapidated (page 7)______________________________________________________________________________________1. Use clues from the text to predict what “shuck” means? Think about how the characters use the word.

2. How does Newt provide some comfort for Thomas?

Chapter 3malicious (page 14)_______________________________________________________________________________________stoic (page 16)________________________________________________________________________________________1. How does Gally bully Thomas?

2. Why does Thomas feel that the Changing will haunt him forever?

Chapter 4vertigo (page 23)_________________________________________________________________________________________disquieting (page 27)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. How can Thomas tell Chuck is hiding something?

2. Why is Thomas surprised that the walls move?

Chapter 5litany (page 31) __________________________________________________________________________________________eradicate (page 35)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. Why isn’t Thomas mad at Chuck for getting him in trouble with Gally?

2. How does Thomas’ memory change before bed?

Chapter 6 bulbous (page 38)________________________________________________________________________________________appendages (page 39)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. Why do Thomas and Newt view the Griever through a window?

2. What have the boys in the Glade been sent there to do?

Chapter 7: splintered (page 43)_______________________________________________________________________________________chided (page 45)_________________________________________________________________________________________1. Give at least two reasons Thomas is experiencing frustration?

2. Based on Alby’s tour, why might Thomas’ desire to be a Runner become a problem?

Chapter 8: allies (page 52)___________________________________________________________________________________________palpable (page 55)________________________________________________________________________________________1. What evidence suggests that Chuck and Thomas are gaining respect for one another?

2. Why is the delivery of the girl alarming to the boys in the Glade?

Chapter 9ominous (page 61)________________________________________________________________________________________copse (page 66) __________________________________________________________________________________________1. What evidence suggests that the girl being delivered is important?

2. How is the Glade similar to and different from prison?

Chapter 10glib (page 70)____________________________________________________________________________________________apparition(page 71)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. Why does Thomas run into the woods?

2. Explain the unexpected event that takes place in the graveyard.

Chapter 11retching (page 75)________________________________________________________________________________________lunacy (page 75)__________________________________________________________________________________________1. Why did Ben attack Thomas?

2. What evidence suggests that Thomas is depressed after the incident with Ben?

Chapter 12rebuke (page 81)_________________________________________________________________________________________perplexed (page 82)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. Why doesn’t Minho view Alby as his leader?

2. In what way does Thomas come to like Minho? (Why does he decide he likes him?)

Chapter 13fatigue (page 88)_________________________________________________________________________________________trepidation (page 90) _____________________________________________________________________________________1. Why is Alby sure that Thomas has something to do with all of the strange things happening lately?

2. List two reasons Thomas feels guilty about Ben.

Chapter 14bowed (page 92)_________________________________________________________________________________________bestial (page 95)_________________________________________________________________________________________1. What evidence suggests that Gladers have been banished like this before?

2. How does Thomas feel about Ben’s banishment? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Chapter 15psychotically (page 96) ____________________________________________________________________________________nonchalant (page 98)______________________________________________________________________________________1. According to Newt, why is the maze so terrible?

2. Why is order so important to the Gladers?

Chapter 16sallow (page 108)_________________________________________________________________________________________shroud(page 110)_________________________________________________________________________________________1. In what way is Zart different from other boys in the Glade?

2. Why does Thomas break the rule about not leaving the Glade at night?

Chapter 17dire (page 114) __________________________________________________________________________________________morbid (page 116)________________________________________________________________________________________1. Why doesn’t Alby stand a chance of survival?

2. What is Minho implying about himself and Thomas when he says they should carry Alby’s body to the door to “give ‘emone body that’s easy to find in the morning.” (page 116)

Chapter 18elated (page 122)_________________________________________________________________________________________tautly (page 122)_________________________________________________________________________________________1. Why does Thomas tie Alby to the ivy?

2. List at least two things that are alarming about the beetle blade.

Chapter 19grotesquely (page 126)____________________________________________________________________________________roving (page 127)_________________________________________________________________________________________1. Is the Griever more of a machine or an animal? Use evidence from the text to support your claim.

2. Why is Thomas scared to the “point of insanity”?

Chapter 20foliage (page 130)________________________________________________________________________________________relentlessly (page 131)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. What twp injuries does Thomas receive while fleeing from the Griever?

2. What evidence suggests that Grievers are intelligent creatures?

Chapter 21 salvageable (page 134)____________________________________________________________________________________emanating (page 135)_____________________________________________________________________________________

1. What is the wall of black that Thomas and Minho encounter?

2. How did Minho and Thomas trick the Grievers?

Chapter 22devoid (page 140)________________________________________________________________________________________comatose (page 144)______________________________________________________________________________________1. What had the Gladers incorrectly assumed about Griever stings?

2. Why will the boys in the Glade view Thomas differently now?

Chapter 23adamantly (page 146)_____________________________________________________________________________________elation (page 146)________________________________________________________________________________________1. How can Thomas relate to people going through the Changing?

2. Why does Gally act the way he does?

Chapter 24chagrin (page 152)________________________________________________________________________________________invalidating (page 155)____________________________________________________________________________________1. Why should Thomas be punished? Why should he be considered a hero?

2. What is Gally’s theory about Thomas?

Chapter 25hypocrisy (page 160)______________________________________________________________________________________belligerence (page 161)____________________________________________________________________________________1. According to Minho, how was Thomas different from others after his arrival?

2. Write a quote from the chapter that demonstrates the relationship between Gally and Thomas. Explain how the quote describes their relationship.

Chapter 26gamut (page 164)_________________________________________________________________________________________incredulous (page 165)____________________________________________________________________________________1.Who sticks up for Gally’s point? Explain his thinking.

2. Why did Minho actually nominate Thomas to be Keeper of the Runners?

Chapter 27incoherent (page172)_____________________________________________________________________________________convulsing (page 173)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. In what ways has Alby changed?

2. What evidence suggests that Alby is not in control of his own body?

Chapter 28oblige (page 177)_________________________________________________________________________________________delve (page 179)_________________________________________________________________________________________1. What evidence suggests that Newt cares more about Thomas’s memories than he does about Thomas?

2. What proves that Thomas and Teresa have a connection?

Chapter 29 peripherally (page 185)____________________________________________________________________________________cronies (page 189)________________________________________________________________________________________1. Why did Thomas spend the night in the Deadheads?

2. Why doesn’t Chuck think Gally is dead?

Chapter 30menacing (page 191)______________________________________________________________________________________oblivious (page 192)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. What does Thomas think about while he is in jail?

2. How does Thomas act like an older brother to Chuck?

Chapter 31secluded (page 199)_______________________________________________________________________________________fathom (page 200)________________________________________________________________________________________1. If Alby had the chance to go home, would he? Explain?

2. In what ways is the Glade “too perfect”?

Chapter 32haphazardly (page 204)____________________________________________________________________________________waned (page 205)________________________________________________________________________________________1. How can the Gladers communicate with the Creators?

2. How have the runners attempted to solve the maze so far?

Chapter 33relishing (page 212)_______________________________________________________________________________________catastrophe (page 214)____________________________________________________________________________________1. Why do the runners cut off pieces of ivy?

2. How has Thomas’s mood and confidence changed after a day exploring the maze? Use a quote from the text to support your answer.

Chapter 34gawk (page 218)__________________________________________________________________________________________deliberation (page 221)____________________________________________________________________________________1. What evidence supports Thomas’s theory that the sun was fake all along?

2. What is surprising about the behavior of the Griever Thomas and Minho encounter?

Chapter 35abyss (page 224)_________________________________________________________________________________________optical illusion (page 225)__________________________________________________________________________________1. Explain Minho and Thomas’s discovery? How does this discovery change their thoughts about the maze?

2. What evidence suggests that the “end” really has been triggered/started like Teresa said?

Chapter 36intrusion (page 234)_______________________________________________________________________________________telepathically (page 235)___________________________________________________________________________________1. How did Teresa preserve one of her memories?

2. Why is Alby upset?

Chapter 37discernible (page 241)_____________________________________________________________________________________nonperishable (page 242)__________________________________________________________________________________1. Why does Alby have Teresa locked up in the slammer?

2. Why are the Gladers bringing all of the supplies to the Homestead?

Chapter 38doldrums (page 250)______________________________________________________________________________________contention (page 251)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. Why does Alby no longer consider himself the best leader for the Gladers? What will he be in charge of now?

2. Explain what the Grievers do during the night?

Chapter 39agape (page 256)_________________________________________________________________________________________retaliate (page 257)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. What evidence suggests that Gally wanted to die? Use a quote from the text to support your answer.

2. In what way does Gally save Newt’s life?

Chapter 40sabotage (page 262)______________________________________________________________________________________cusp (page 264)__________________________________________________________________________________________1. Why did Minho run after the Griever?

2. Explain the coincidence about Teresa’s prediction about the maps and the incident in the map room.

Chapter 41moot (page 267)_________________________________________________________________________________________mortally (page 270)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. How do they know Alby didn’t start the fire in the map room?

2. How can Thomas still test Teresa’s theory about the maps containing a code even though the map room caught on fire?

Chapter 42dank (page 272)__________________________________________________________________________________________immortal (page 273)______________________________________________________________________________________1. Why do they need wax paper?

2. Who is most confident about the map plan? Who is least confident? Use evidence to support your answer.

Chapter 43piqued (page 279)________________________________________________________________________________________decipher (page 279)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. Why do the Runners need to go into the maze?

2. What evidence suggests that going into the maze is more dangerous than before.

Chapter 44telepathy (page 283)______________________________________________________________________________________impenetrable (page 285)___________________________________________________________________________________1. Explain a positive and a negative to Thomas and Teresa being about to communicate through their thoughts.

2. How has the behavior of the Grievers changed?

Chapter 45acrid (page 288)__________________________________________________________________________________________welded (page 291)________________________________________________________________________________________1. Explain three things that discourage Thomas during the chapter.

2. What evidence suggests that Thomas has feelings for Teresa?

Chapter 46horde (page 293)_________________________________________________________________________________________pulsating (page 295)______________________________________________________________________________________1. Why does Thomas want to be stung by a Griever?

2. How does Thomas get himself stung without it looking like he is trying to commit suicide?

Chapter 47interminable (page 297)___________________________________________________________________________________1. Compare going through the changing to a different experience. (Going through the changing is like…..) Use Evidence from the text to support your answer.

Chapter 48warbled (page 298)_______________________________________________________________________________________jubilation (page 299)______________________________________________________________________________________1. Which two characters show their support for Thomas? Who is most supportive? Use evidence to support your answer.

2. How are the Creators like scientists?

Chapter 49composure (page 302)_____________________________________________________________________________________manipulated (page 305)____________________________________________________________________________________1. How did the boys in the Glade get their names?

2. How was the Glade and maze “tested” the boys?

Chapter 50baffled (page 307)________________________________________________________________________________________ astonishingly (page 308)___________________________________________________________________________________1. Why do Thomas and Teresa know more about the maze than the other Gladers?

2. What plan does Thomas propose?

Chapter 51incredulous (page 310)____________________________________________________________________________________mocking (page 311)_______________________________________________________________________________________

1. What evidence suggests that Alby does not want to go back to his old life? (Other than him saying he doesn’t want to go back.)

2. Why might the Grievers be less of a threat now?

Chapter 52rasp (page 315)__________________________________________________________________________________________bore (page 316)__________________________________________________________________________________________1. Why does Thomas volunteer to sacrifice himself to the Grievers?

2. What clues does the reader get about the past life of the boys?

Chapter 53blanch (page 320)________________________________________________________________________________________innovative (page 323)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. What evidence suggests that the boys are prepared for the journey to take several days?

2. Why are Thomas and Teresa going to be the ones to punch in the code?

Chapter 54quiver (page 327)_________________________________________________________________________________________hefting (page 328)________________________________________________________________________________________1. List at least two different emotions Thomas is experiencing. Provide a quote from the text to go with each emotion.

2. What do the Gladers expect to encounter in the maze. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Chapter 55mirth (page 329)_________________________________________________________________________________________starkly (page 331)________________________________________________________________________________________1. Is Alby’s death suicide? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

2. Who took Alby’s death the hardest? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Chapter 56vain (page 336)__________________________________________________________________________________________

cacophony (page 338)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. Why doesn’t Thomas have to fight any Grievers?

2. Why are the other Gladers willing to die?

Chapter 57retracted (page 343)______________________________________________________________________________________impaling (page 344)_______________________________________________________________________________________1. List at least two different emotions Thomas is experiencing. Provide a quote from the text to go with each emotion.

2. Are the Grievers more like animals or machines? Use evidence to support your answer.

Chapter 58lacerations (page 347)_____________________________________________________________________________________apparitions (page 351)_____________________________________________________________________________________1. Why doesn’t Thomas consider their escape a victory?

2. Explain Thomas’ first impression of the Creators.

Chapter 59gaunt (page 352)_________________________________________________________________________________________condescending (page 354)__________________________________________________________________________________1. Why was Thomas so affected by Chuck’s death?

2. What evidence suggests that the Creators wanted to see if the Gladers would kill a human?

Chapter 60malice (page 360)_________________________________________________________________________________________archaic (page 360)________________________________________________________________________________________1. Which people appear safer? (The WICKED people or the “rescuers”?)

2. Predict why the driver might have run over the crazy lady.

Chapter 61reckless (page 365)_______________________________________________________________________________________immaculate (page 368)____________________________________________________________________________________1. Google “sun flares”. What are they? What effect did they have on the earth according to the lady on the bus?

2. Explain the Flare.

Chapter 62 & Epiloguenonchalant (page 370)_____________________________________________________________________________________memorandum (page 373)__________________________________________________________________________________1. Will Thomas and the others who escaped have their normal life back now? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.