The Maze Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Maze Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lon ask Rick to do when Lon gets a calve out of the cooler?

2. Where does Rick plan to hide out at Blue Canyon?

3. Why was Rick brought to court?

4. What does Lon do suddenly?

5. What is a boy from Rick's unit doing in Phoenix?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Lon and Rick do after Joe leaves, what does Rick ask Lon and what is Lon's response?

2. Why is Nuke opposing Lon?

3. What does Rick find out about the restrained eagle and other animals?

4. What does Rick think is the reason for Nuke's pit bull's name, and what does Joe think about the burning of a ranger station?

5. What does Rick think about as he is riding in a camper in which he hid?

6. What are two condors doing while an eagle is feeding and how do the condors feed?

7. How does Rick get out of the camp where the truck had taken him, and what happens at first when he leaves?

8. What is the dream Rick has when he is sleeping in the desert where the camper had gone?

9. How does Rick get caught and what does the man order him to do?

10. What does Rick tell Lon about his dreams and what is Lon's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Will Hobbs.

2. What in Hobbs's background may have helped him in writing "The Maze"? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "The Maze", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "The Maze". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot.) Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Many people were running from their problems, such as jobs they hated, bad marriages, or escaping from relatives they did not like, by leaving for the gold fields. Many realized very quickly that no matter how far they ran the character flaws were always there. Rick has run from his problems, but then finds he must face the central cause of his problems -- himself.

1. Running from problems by going somewhere else is called a "geographic cure." Discuss what do you think this means.

2. Do you believe taking the geographic cure is a good idea or a bad idea? Why or why not? Could it be different depending on the circumstance? How did running help Rick? How did it harm him?

3. Discuss two situations that might respond well to a geographic cure and two that wouldn't be helped with on. Does Rick's determination to leave the detention center seem like a geographic cure? Why or why not?

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