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

2. 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 track ocean currents and send messages.
(c) To communicate between countries.
(d) To send birth records across the Atlantic.

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

4. What does Deanna say to convince Theresa to publish the column?
(a) That men in the country had the obligation to see how romantic a man could be.
(b) That they could find the person who wrote the message by publishing it.
(c) That women in the country had the right to see how romantic a man could be.
(d) That she would fire Theresa if she didn't let her publish it.

5. How many days does it take from the time of Theresa's research to the discovery of a third letter?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, on a cold December day, where does Theresa Osborne arrive?

2. What does the author imply about messages in bottles?

3. How many children does Deanna have?

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

5. What is the nature of the relationship between Theresa and Deanna?

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