The Maze Runner by Dawson Kerr

The Maze Runner by Dawson Kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk For a Language Project en-us 2018-02-02 14:45:28 UTC 2026-03-02 22:16:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TwA8ea_XqkM/movieposter.jpg Chapter 2 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227506814 1. Why do you think the boys are so reluctant to give Thomas any answers in
Chapter 2?
2. Why did Thomas’ confusion grow even deeper in Chapter 2? Give specific
examples from the story.
3. What is a “Greenbean”? Where do you think this nickname originates from?]]> 2018-02-02 14:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227506814 Chapter 3 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227506917 1. How are many of the other boys treating Thomas? Why do you think they are acting this way?
2. Why did Thomas think Chuck may be his only friend there?]]> 2018-02-02 14:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227506917 dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227507651 2018-02-02 14:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227507651 Chapter 2 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227510917 1. The boys are so reluctant to give answers to Thomas because the answers might shake him.
2. Thomas' confusion grows even deeper because the boys won't give him answers.
3. A Greenbean is someone who is new at something or a newbie.]]> 2018-02-02 14:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227510917 Chapter 3 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227511134 1. The boys are treating Thomas pretty badly. I think they are treating him this way maybe because that's how they treat all newbies.
2. Thomas thinks Chuck might be his only friend because Chuck is the only one who treats him nicely.]]> 2018-02-02 14:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227511134 Chapter 2 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227511452 1. Thomas finally comes up in the lift and finds himself surrounded by boys.
2. They tell him they're in a place called the Glade, and they didn't know how they got there either.]]> 2018-02-02 14:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227511452 Chapter 3 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227511528 1. Thomas is greeted by Chuck, the youngest boy in the Glade.
2. He takes him to a room to stay in, but Thomas is still very confused.
3. He hears a scream, but is not allowed to go in the hut that it's coming from.
4. He went in, and saw a boy in torture, but then Alby got mad at him and kicked him out.]]> 2018-02-02 14:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/227511528 Chapter 4 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228136647 1. What did Thomas observe about the Maze and the Runners in Chapter 4?
2. Why was Thomas in awe of the doors closing? Why were the doors being closed each night?]]> 2018-02-05 14:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228136647 Chapter 5 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228136804 1. What trick did Chuck play on Gally in Chapter 5. How did Thomas react at first?
2. Why did Thomas say he wanted to be a Runner? What did he reveal to Chuck?]]> 2018-02-05 14:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228136804 Chapter 6 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228136879 1. Describe what Newt showed Thomas early that second morning? Why did he
do this?
2. What were they all there to do? Why did Thomas still want to be a Runner, in spite of what he has seen?]]> 2018-02-05 14:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228136879 Chapter 4 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228137560 1. Thomas saw that the Runners come outside of the Maze, red face and sweaty, then going into a building with an iron door.
2. Thomas was in awe of the doors closing because the doors were actually humongous walls, closing in on each other.]]> 2018-02-05 14:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228137560 Chapter 5 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228137761 1. Chuck crouched below a bathroom window, and then screamed at the top of his lungs to scare Gally. Thomas was surprised and dazed by this.
2. Thomas wanted to be a Runner because it felt right, and because he thought that's what he needed to do. He revealed to Chuck that he thought he'd been here before, and Chuck was surprised by this.]]> 2018-02-05 14:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228137761 Chapter 6 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228137825 1. Newt showed Thomas what things were in the maze. Grievers, monstrous things that attack people.
2. All the boys were there to solve the Maze, that was their task. Thomas still wanted to be a Runner because he knew he had to do it. He felt it.]]> 2018-02-05 14:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228137825 Chapter 4 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228602154 1. Chuck showed him the East Door, where the Runners go outside every morning and come back every night before the doors close.
2. The doors start moving and Thomas is really suprised.
3. Chuck accidently lets it slip that they're trapped inside a maze, and Thomas is disbelieved.]]> 2018-02-06 14:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228602154 Chapter 5 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228605956 1. Chuck plays a prank on Gally, and Gally gets really mad. Thomas and Chuck rush back to bed.
2. Thomas tells Chuck he wants to be a Runner, because it feels right. Chuck thinks he's out of his mind.
3. Then, Thomas tells Chuck that it seems like he's been there before, and Chuck is shaken by this.]]> 2018-02-06 14:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228605956 Chapter 6 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228608812 1. The next morning. Newt shows Thomas what's in the Maze. Grievers, mechanical creature of some sort. Thomas still wants to be a Runner, though.
2. Thomas then feels like he starts to remember stuff. Then Alby comes and starts to take Thomas on the tour.]]> 2018-02-06 14:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228608812 Dystopian: dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228622842 A dystopia is a society that is quite frightening and sometimes abandoned. It is typically not a good place and is an antonym of utopia.]]> 2018-02-06 14:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/228622842 Chapter 7 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229567341 1. What surprising event happened at the end of Chapter 7? How the others did reacts? Why?

2. What happened when the kids tried to send various items down in the Box and/or the hole? Why did they stop trying?

]]> 2018-02-08 14:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229567341 Chapter 7 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229567496 1. The box came up again at the end of Chapter 7. All the Gladers were surprised that the box came up, because the box wasn't supposed to come up for another month.
2. When the kids tried to send various items down the box or the hole, it wouldn't go back down everytime they tried, so they stopped trying.]]> 2018-02-08 14:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229567496 Chapter 7 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229567765 1. While Thomas is on the tour, the box comes up one day later after Thomas came up. This wasn't supposed to happen.]]> 2018-02-08 14:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229567765 Chapter 8 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229579430 1. What was different about this Newbie?]]> 2018-02-08 14:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229579430 Chapter 8 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229584888 1. This newbie was a girl, and she was unconsious when she came up. She gave a message too: "She's the last one. Ever.]]> 2018-02-08 14:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229584888 Chapter 8 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229585627 1. When all the Gladers came to the box, there was a girl in there, the very first one. She was unconscious, but then she said "Everything is going to change", and gave a note that read "She's the last one. Ever".]]> 2018-02-08 14:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/229585627 Chapter 9 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230025304 1. What is the Gathering?

2. Why did Thomas compare the Glade to prison? Give as many similarities as possible. Do you agree with him? Why or why not??

]]> 2018-02-09 14:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230025304 Chapter 9 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230025463 1. The Gathering is when the Keepers of each job meet and discuss whatever terrible or weird thing that's happening.
2. Thomas compared the Glade to a prison because he had a thought where they all might be criminals with their memories wiped, and sentenced inside a prison, the Glade.]]> 2018-02-09 14:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230025463 Chapter 9 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230025565 1. Alby calls a Gathering of the Keepers, while Chuck and Thomas go get some food. Then, Thomas goes into the forest for a walk to calm him down.]]> 2018-02-09 14:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230025565 Chapter 10 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230038483 1. Who, or what, attacked Thomas in Chapter 10? Why did he attack Thomas
2. What did Thomas discover while exploring chapter 10?]]> 2018-02-09 14:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230038483 Chapter 10 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230038678 1. Ben attacked Thomas in Chapter 10. He attacked Thomas because at that time, he was in the Changing. He was pretty insane, at the time.
2. Thomas discovered a Beetle Blade, metallic creatures that let the Creators watch over them.]]> 2018-02-09 14:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230038678 Chapter 10 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230042664 1. Thomas found a Beetle Blade in the forest, it had the word WICKED on the side of it. He tried to follow it wherever it was going, but lost it.
2. Then, the sick boy, Ben, attacked Thomas. He was in the Changing, so he didn't know what he was doing.]]> 2018-02-09 14:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/230042664 Chapter 11 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/231048296 1. Do you believe the claims about Thomas that Ben said in Chapter 11? Why or why not?

2. Why was Thomas glad to get to work in Chapter 11? What was the first job he tried?

]]> 2018-02-13 14:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/231048296 Chapter 11 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/231048437 1. Ben said Thomas is bad. I do believe these claims about Thomas because Thomas was one of the people who put the Gladers inside of the Maze. He would seem bad to the people who had experienced the Changing.
2. Thomas was glad to get the work because he wanted to get his mind of Ben and the graveyard. Thomas' first job he tried was being a Slicer.]]> 2018-02-13 14:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/231048437 Chapter 11 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/231048752 1. Ben attacked Thomas and claimed he was bad, but then Alby shot Ben through the head. Thomas tries to get his mind of that by working as a Slicer the next day.
2. A Runner comes in through the doors, and collapses.]]> 2018-02-13 14:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/231048752 Chapter 12 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236447082 1. What did Thomas think of Minho? What did Minho seem to think of Thomas?

2. What had Minho found in the Maze? How do you think Alby will react to this information?

]]> 2018-02-28 15:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236447082 Chapter 12 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236447223 1. Thomas sorta liked Minho, and Minho seemed to sorta like Thomas.
2. Minho had found a dead Griever in the Maze. I'll bet that Alby wouldn't believe Minho.]]> 2018-02-28 15:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236447223 Chapter 12 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236447407 1. The Runner says his name is Minho, and he had found a dead Griever.]]> 2018-02-28 15:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236447407 Chapters 13-15 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236914061 1. What surprising news did Chuck have for Thomas in Chapter 13? What was going to happen that night?
2. Do you think Ben should have been banished for what he did to Thomas?

3. What do you need to be in order to be a runner and survive the Maze?
4. Why is the Maze so terrible, according to Newt?

]]> 2018-03-01 14:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236914061 Chapters 13-15 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236914552 1. The news that Chuck had for Thomas was that Ben was going to be banished that night, for trying to kill Thomas
2. I think Ben should've been banished for trying to kill Thomas.
3. To be a Runner you need to be fast, smart, strong, you need to be the best of the best.
4. According to Newt, the Maze was so terrible because of so much pressure, stress, the walls changing, and being scared that you might not make it back.]]> 2018-03-01 14:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236914552 Chapters 13-15 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236919847 1. Chuck tells Thomas that Ben was going to be banished tonight for trying to kill him. Thomas sneaks out and watches it. It is terrible.
2. The next morning, Newt comes and gets Thomas. He tells him he is working with the Track-Hoes today.
3. Thomas tells Newt he wants to be a Runner, but Newt says not yet. No one's become a Runner in their first month, much less their first week.]]> 2018-03-01 14:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236919847 Chapters 16-18 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236923135 1. What was Newt so worried about in Chapter 16?
2. How did Minho react to Thomas’ decision to leave the Glade? Why?

3. What happened to Alby? Why was Minho so sure of their situation being so hopeless? What did Thomas think about their situation?
4. What did Minho decide to do? What did Thomas decide to do?

]]> 2018-03-01 14:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236923135 Chapters 16-18 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236926733 1. Newt was worried that Alby and Minho weren't back yet from the Maze. No one could do anything about it, so that made him worry even more.
2. Minho thought that Thomas was pretty dumb to come out here, because he just broke the Number One Rule.
3. Alby got stung by a Griever. Minho thought the situation was hopeless because no one has ever survived a night in the Maze. Thomas was trying to think of a solution to survive in the Maze.
4. Minho decided to run away from the Griever, while Thomas decided to hide from the Griever.]]> 2018-03-01 14:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236926733 Chapters 19-21 Questions dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236929351 1. What did the Griever do at the end of Chapter 19?

2. How did Thomas escape from the Griever?

3. How did Thomas escape when he was surrounded by the Grievers?

4. How did they escape the four Grievers? What happened to the Grievers? Where do you think they went?

]]> 2018-03-01 14:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236929351 Chapters 16-18 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236936625 1.Newt is worried about Minho and Alby not coming back in time before the doors close. ]]> 2018-03-01 14:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236936625 Chapters 19-21 Facts dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236936973 1.]]> 2018-03-01 14:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/236936973 Chapter 19-21 Answers dawson_kerr https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/243471816 1. The Griever turned off, and then turned back on, then started to climb the wall.
2. Thomas
3.
4.]]> 2018-03-19 13:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dawson_kerr/bvxoo1dszswk/wish/243471816