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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. Who does the narrator see sitting in the corner of the room?

2. Who does Pluck assume is the narrator's father?

3. How do people get road atoms inside of them?

4. What does the narrator think the policemen can help him find?

5. Which of the following does de Selby regard as a vice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Divney and the narrator murder Mathers?

2. What does de Selby say about mirrors?

3. How does Divney end up working on the farm?

4. What does Pluck say bicycles do during bad weather?

5. What does the stranger reveal about himself?

6. How does the narrator perplex Sergeant Pluck?

7. Why does Divney suggest they murder Mathers?

8. How do people change into bicycles and bicycles change into people?

9. Why does the narrator think it is not a good idea to say no to everything?

10. How does Divney change the atmosphere at the pub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote THE THIRD POLICEMAN in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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