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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Theresa working on when she receives the phone call the day after the message is published?
(a) Her planning meeting with her boss.
(b) Her follow-up to the message.
(c) Her interview for a new column.
(d) Her newest piece for her column.

2. What does Theresa realize when researching Wrightsville Beach?
(a) That she should not invade the author's privacy.
(b) That she should continue searching by going to Wrightsville Beach in person.
(c) That she does not have enough information about the author and should put it aside.
(d) That she should publish it with names to try and find the people in the letters.

3. What does Theresa decide to do about the message?
(a) To keep the message hidden from Deanna and Brian.
(b) To find the person who wrote it before publishing it.
(c) To publish it.
(d) To rewrite the message before publishing it.

4. What is the nature of the relationship between Theresa and Deanna?
(a) Deanna is Theresa's friend.
(b) Deanna is Theresa's relative.
(c) Deanna is Theresa's friend and editor.
(d) Deanna is Theresa's boss.

5. Why does Theresa feel lonely?
(a) She finds few men want a relationship with a woman who has children.
(b) She misses Kevin, her son while he visits David.
(c) She misses her marriage with her ex-husband, David.
(d) She feels lonely when not around her co-workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is obvious about the man and woman in the message found by Theresa?

2. What does Theresa find when she stops to put her shoes back on?

3. How does Theresa feel towards Deanna?

4. Why does Chapter 1 open with Theresa returning to the beach where she found the message?

5. How many days does it take from the time of Theresa's research to the discovery of a third letter?

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