Q 01/05

In the novel The Scorch Trials, what are the Flare victims who besiege the Gladers' dormitory called?

A) Grievers

B) Husks

C) Cranks

D) Howlers

Answer · why

C) Cranks

Cranks were ordinary citizens before the Flare took hold, and the Gladers later strike a bargain with a band of them inside a ruined city.

Q 02/05

Which American author wrote The Scorch Trials as the second novel in his Maze Runner series?

A) James Dashner

B) Veronica Roth

C) Rick Riordan

D) Scott Westerfeld

Answer · why

A) James Dashner

James Dashner published it in October 2010, a year after The Maze Runner, and the film version reached cinemas in September 2015.

Q 03/05

Which actor, first known as Stiles in Teen Wolf, plays Thomas in the film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials?

A) Ansel Elgort

B) Logan Lerman

C) Josh Hutcherson

D) Dylan O'Brien

Answer · why

D) Dylan O'Brien

Dylan O'Brien was seriously hurt in an accident on the set of the following sequel, which pushed that shoot back by about a year.

Q 04/05

In the novel The Scorch Trials, how does a frightened Teresa wake Thomas shortly before the dormitory is attacked?

A) By tapped code

B) By telepathy

C) By hidden radio

D) By passed note

Answer · why

B) By telepathy

Teresa reaches Thomas by telepathy, an ability the pair turn out to share with Aris, the stranger found in her room soon afterwards.

Q 05/05

Which novel follows The Scorch Trials and completes the original Maze Runner trilogy?

A) The Kill Order

B) The Fever Code

C) The Death Cure

D) The Maze Cutter

Answer · why

C) The Death Cure

The Death Cure reveals that most of the Gladers were immune to the Flare all along, and that no remedy for it exists.

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