The Death Cure
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40 free The Death Cure trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Death Cure is where the Maze Runner trilogy stops holding back. Thomas has beaten the Maze and crossed the Scorch, and now WICKED says the Trials are nearly over and everything will be explained. He does not believe a word of it. What follows is an escape, a plague-ridden world seen up close for the first time, and some of the hardest goodbyes in young adult fiction. This quiz follows the novel from Thomas's release to its last pages: who is immune and who is not, the choice WICKED offers the Gladers, the friends and old enemies who turn up outside the walls, the rebels and their plan, and what the epilogue admits about the Flare. Some questions cover the film version too, including its cast and the places where it parts ways with the book. It works as a reading check for students, a refresher before a rewatch, or a test for fans who think they remember every twist. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01In the novel The Death Cure, what does the note Newt gives Thomas beg his friend to do?
To end his life
To end his life: Newt, who is not immune to the Flare, wants to die before the virus takes his mind. Thomas opens the note too late, after leaving Newt among the infected.
Q 02Which American author wrote The Death Cure as the third novel of the Maze Runner series?
James Dashner
James Dashner closed his trilogy with The Death Cure in 2011, then kept adding to its world: two prequels, a novella and a sequel trilogy followed.
Q 03In the novel The Death Cure, what does Janson offer the Gladers that Thomas and two friends refuse?
Their memories back
Their memories back, by removing the chip WICKED put in each head. Thomas says no partly because he fears learning who he was when he helped design the Maze.
Q 04In the novel The Death Cure, what nickname do the Gladers use for WICKED's assistant director, Janson?
Rat Man
Rat Man is what the Gladers call Janson, and the novel's last act reveals why he is so desperate for a cure: he has caught the Flare himself.
Q 05In the novel The Death Cure, what strikes Teresa dead just after she shoves Thomas out of harm's way?
Falling debris
Falling debris from the collapsing ceiling crushes Teresa as WICKED's headquarters is blown apart. Her sacrifice is a last attempt to prove she had cared for Thomas all along.
Q 06In the novel The Death Cure, which part of Thomas does Janson say WICKED must dissect to finish its blueprint?
His brain
His brain: the operation would be fatal, and Thomas is already sedated on the table when the Chancellor calls it off. The film swaps this for a cure carried in his blood.
Q 07In the novel The Death Cure, which Canadian girl does Thomas begin a relationship with in the closing chapter?
Brenda
Brenda kisses Thomas once the survivors reach safety, though he is still grieving for Teresa. She had been working for WICKED all along, which left him feeling betrayed at first.
Q 08Which actor, playing Thomas in the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure, was badly injured filming a stunt?
Dylan O'Brien
Dylan O'Brien was hit by a car during a stunt sequence in March 2016. Filming stopped for almost a year and the release slid from February 2017 to January 2018.
Q 09In the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure, what kills a Flare-crazed Newt as he struggles with Thomas?
A knife in the chest
A knife in the chest ends the struggle while friends race back with a serum that slows the virus. Thomas later finds a farewell letter hidden in Newt's pendant.
Q 10In the novel The Death Cure, what is the guarded compound for Flare victims where Newt is taken called?
The Crank Palace
The Crank Palace holds the infected until they lose their minds, watched by well-paid immune guards. Thomas and his friends have to bribe their way inside.
Q 11In the novel The Death Cure, which surviving American city do the escaped Gladers fly to in search of a doctor?
Denver
Denver is one of the few cities still standing, sealed behind strict checks for the virus. It is lost anyway when a mob of the infected breaks loose and overruns it.
Q 12In the novel The Death Cure, which former WICKED scientist removes the implants from Thomas and a fellow Glader?
Hans
Hans quit WICKED over its unsafe methods and hides with his wife, a price on his head. During the visit WICKED takes over Thomas through his implant and makes him attack with a knife.
Q 13In the novel The Death Cure, which Glader last seen in the first book turns up working for a rebel group?
Gally
Q 21In the novel The Death Cure, which WICKED Chancellor cancels the fatal operation and narrates the epilogue?
Ava Paige
Ava Paige never appears in person in the trilogy, only through her memos. Her last one admits a cure will never come and sends the Immunes somewhere safe to start again.
Q 22In the novel The Death Cure, the epilogue reveals the government released the Flare on purpose as a form of what?
Population control
Population control was the aim: after the sun flares, officials judged there was too little food for everyone left alive. The virus then mutated beyond anyone's power to contain it.
Q 23In the novel The Death Cure, which survivor of the Trials takes charge of the Immunes in their new home?
Minho
Gally survived the first book and joined rebels sworn to bring WICKED down. He ends up siding with Thomas against his new comrades to rescue the trapped Immunes.
Q 14In the novel The Death Cure, what is the underground organization sworn to bring down WICKED called?
The Right Arm
The Right Arm argues that the fortune WICKED spent chasing a cure should have gone on stopping the disease from spreading. It has members in every surviving city.
Q 15In the novel The Death Cure, which rebel commander brands Thomas a traitor for going back to save the Immunes?
Vince
Vince wants WICKED's headquarters blown up rather than captured, and will not wait for the hundreds of Immunes hidden inside. Thomas goes back for them anyway.
Q 16In the novel The Death Cure, which costly drug do the wealthy infected take to slow the Flare's advance?
The Bliss
The Bliss dulls the mind so the virus spreads more slowly, but it leaves users glassy and slow-talking. That vacant look gets one user arrested in front of Thomas.
Q 17In the novel The Death Cure, which bulky weapon carried by WICKED guards knocks its targets out with electricity?
A Launcher
A Launcher knocks its target out with a crackling electric grenade instead of a bullet. Thomas takes a hit from one during the escape from WICKED's hangar.
Q 18In the novel The Death Cure, who pilots the stolen Berg out of WICKED's hangar?
Jorge
Jorge turns out to be a skilled pilot, and to have been on WICKED's payroll all along. He flies Thomas out anyway, after the other subjects knock him out and take a different Berg.
Q 19In the novel The Death Cure, which ability linking Thomas to Teresa would be lost if his chip were removed?
Telepathy
Telepathy lets Thomas speak silently with Teresa and one boy from Group B, all through WICKED's implants. The link ends for good once his implant is finally cut out later in the book.
Q 20In the novel The Death Cure, which creatures are woken from storage by the explosions during the final escape?
Grievers
Grievers held in storage are set off by the blasts, but Teresa shows Thomas how to shut each one down. She offers herself to the last one so the others can flee, until Thomas saves her.
Minho starts handing out jobs to get the settlement running as soon as the survivors arrive, while Thomas rests alone, mourning the friends he lost.
Q 24In the novel The Death Cure, where is Thomas when a masked security guard seizes him to hand over to WICKED?
A coffee shop
A coffee shop is where the guard, checking customers for the virus, works out that Thomas is immune. A flying police machine then guns the guard down, Janson's face on its screen.
Q 25In the novel The Death Cure, what title does Janson give Thomas as the one subject whose sacrifice WICKED needs?
The Final Candidate
The Final Candidate was a choice between Thomas and Teresa. WICKED picked Thomas because Teresa was judged too obedient to give it what it wanted.
Q 26In the novel The Death Cure, what does the device Thomas smuggles into WICKED's headquarters do to its guards?
Disables their weapons
Disables their weapons: with guns useless, rebels skilled with knives and swords get the upper hand. Thomas hides the device on a pretend bathroom break, then has to stall for an hour.
Q 27In the novel The Death Cure, what does the back door out of the collapsing Maze turn out to be?
A Flat Trans
A Flat Trans, a shimmering grey wall that carries people instantly from one place to another. The Chancellor mapped the route so the Immunes could step through to safety.
Q 28In the novel The Death Cure, how does Thomas finish the closing fight with Janson beside the escape route?
He strangles him
He strangles him while the other Gladers overpower the guards Janson brought along. In the film, Janson instead dies when Thomas lets two of the infected loose on him.
Q 29Which former child star of Love Actually plays Newt in the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure?
Thomas Sangster
Thomas Sangster, billed in the film as Thomas Brodie-Sangster, played Newt in all three films. He later earned an Emmy nomination as a chess champion in The Queen's Gambit.
Q 30Which actor, Littlefinger in Game of Thrones, plays the villain Janson in the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure?
Aidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen joined the series as Janson in the second film. His Janson is infected too, and plans to keep any cure for himself and the few people he judges worthy.