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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) They help boats find their way home.
(b) To send birth records across the Atlantic.
(c) To track ocean currents and send messages.
(d) To communicate between countries.

2. When Theresa is in on the beach in Chapter 1, what does she look over?
(a) Five letters.
(b) Two letters.
(c) Three letters.
(d) Four letters.

3. What does Theresa do before returning to work, the weekend after the message is published?
(a) She spends time with her son Kevin.
(b) She tries to find the writer of the message.
(c) She goes out on several dates.
(d) She spends a quiet weekend alone at her apartment.

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

5. What does the woman claim who calls Theresa the day following the publication of the message?
(a) To be upset over the publication of the first message.
(b) To have a message written by the woman to the man.
(c) To have a letter written by the same man who wrote the published message.
(d) To have knowledge of the identification of the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following themes are introduced in Chapter 1 of "Message in a Bottle?"

2. Where does Deanna find Theresa crying?

3. How does Deanna treat Theresa?

4. How would the message act as a way of encouragement according to Deanna?

5. When Garrett puts a message in the bottle, how far does it travel from its original destination?

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