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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. What does Fox say was in the money box?

2. Who does Fox look like?

3. Who does O'Corky announce has been murdered?

4. What does the narrator eventually arrive back to?

5. What does Plunk say too much starch in his clothes gave him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator dream about at the beginning of the chapter?

2. What does de Selby believe about the shape of the world?

3. Why does the narrator think the police cannot hang him?

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

5. What does the narrator see when he arrives back at his house?

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

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

8. Describe the story Pluck tells about the man who went up in a balloon?

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

10. Summarize the novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the book and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motives? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of O'Brien's previous books and contrast it with the Third Policeman in terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

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