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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. How long does Rick care for the eagle?

2. From what does Rick once save an eagle?

3. Where does Rick see the Humvee?

4. Who has a parachute?

5. What does Carlile claim he has been doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lon catch M4?

2. What does Rick finally tell Lon about himself?

3. What does Rick do on his third and fourth day hang gliding?

4. How does Rick hike in the Maze and what does he find there? Why is Lon excited when Rick returns from the maze?

5. How does Rick feel when he hang glides with Lon the first time and what does Lon tell him to do? How does Rick feel after he is settled on the glider?

6. What does Rick do about Carlile and finding Lon's missing items?

7. What does Carlile tell Lon about gunshots he and Rick hear and what does Lon tell Rick to do when they leave Carlile's camp?

8. What does Lon do about M4 flying in the wrong direction, and what does he decide to do when that fails?

9. What does Rick do to find Lon and how does Carlile try to stop him?

10. How does Rick help Lon after Lon captures M4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rick matures and grows throughout the book.

1. What do you think might be some of the reasons Rick is maturing? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Rick's maturity shown in the book is unrealistic in the short amount of time period the book covers? Why or why not?

3. Discuss the ways that Rick shows changes in his maturity in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of "The Maze" and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why "The Maze" is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Lon works to save the condors. He complains about people shooting animals or poisoning their food source. He keeps a crippled eagle with him and takes the eagle flying on a hang glider.

1. What does Lon's views on the suffering of animals say about the values he might hold? Use examples from "The Maze" and your own life to support your answer.

2. What do you think are the causes of people being cruel to the animals when it is not really necessary? Use examples from "The Maze" and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think should be the basic rights of animals, and the responsibility of humans to those animals? Use examples from "The Maze" and your own life to support your answer.

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