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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Prologue, why have messages in bottles been used for hundreds of years?
(a) To send birth records across the Atlantic.
(b) They help boats find their way home.
(c) To communicate between countries.
(d) To track ocean currents and send messages.

2. What does Theresa write to go along with the message?
(a) A conclusion.
(b) An analysis.
(c) An introduction.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Theresa discover upon reading the second message?
(a) That it is not the same person.
(b) That it is fabricated.
(c) That it is from the same man.
(d) That it is from the woman.

4. In Chapter 1, on a cold December day, where does Theresa Osborne arrive?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Plymouth.

5. Why does Chapter 1 open with Theresa returning to the beach where she found the message?
(a) To make the reader sad over the message.
(b) To make the reader feel lonely.
(c) To make the reader want to know more about Theresa's love life.
(d) To make the reader anxious to find out what happens and to suggest it changes her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deanna believe when they see the piece in the newspaper the next morning?

2. Where does Deanna find Theresa crying?

3. What does Theresa show Deanna when Deanna finds her crying?

4. What does Theresa Osborne struggle to balance in her life?

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

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