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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. Where does Divney say he hid the bomb?

2. What is attempting to escape from the holding cell?

3. Who does Pluck say wants to die?

4. Who does Pluck claim is the murderer?

5. What does Divney say he used to kill the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did de Selby once confuse a boy about the boy's problems?

2. How does the narrator get the builder to help him?

3. How does the narrator describe the map Pluck shows him?

4. How does the narrator arrive back at the beginning of the story?

5. Why does Pluck think all modes of transport are dangerous?

6. Why do the policeman consent to show the narrator what their figures mean?

7. How does Divney react to seeing the narrator?

8. Why is de Selby's Codex impossible to decipher?

9. How have the one legged men disguised themselves?

10. How did MacCruiskeen drive two men mad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Replace the book's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Mexico.

2. USA.

3. Britain.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 2

What is the novel's premise? Why are premises are so important to a story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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