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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Theresa receive a copy of the second message?
(a) By fax.
(b) By mail.
(c) By courier.
(d) By e-mail.

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

3. In the Prologue, what tale does the author introduce about a sailor?
(a) A shipwrecked sailor sent a message in a bottle to detail his whereabouts, but the bottle was not found.
(b) A shipwrecked sailor sent a message in a bottle that went to another country before being sent to his hometown.
(c) A shipwrecked sailor sent a message in a bottle that turned up at his birthplace a hundred years later.
(d) The author does not include any stories about shipwrecked sailors in the prologue.

4. Why did Theresa's marriage end?
(a) Theresa's husband passed away.
(b) Theresa was cheating on her husband.
(c) Theresa's husband was cheating on her.
(d) Theresa wanted to move and begin writing for a new newspaper.

5. What does Brian admit to at dinner the evening after Theresa finds the message?
(a) To reading the letter and stating that the beach is in North Carolina.
(b) To giving the letter to Deanna to publish.
(c) Brian does not admit to anything.
(d) To being in love with Theresa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the woman claim who calls Theresa the day following the publication of the message?

3. What changes in David's life after their divorce?

4. What surprises Theresa when she returns to the office the Monday following the publication of the message?

5. How does Deanna treat Theresa?

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