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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Theresa at the start of the book?
(a) At work.
(b) Boston.
(c) On a beach.
(d) At her apartment.

2. 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 boss.
(d) Deanna is Theresa's friend and editor.

3. When Theresa returns to the Cape, how long had it been since the events began?
(a) About six months.
(b) More than a year and a half.
(c) More than a year.
(d) More than two years.

4. How does Theresa react when Deanna presses her to publish the message?
(a) Theresa agrees complacently.
(b) Theresa becomes reluctant and believes it is morally wrong.
(c) Theresa becomes angered and refuses to speak with Deanna.
(d) Theresa agrees to talk about it over dinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theresa discover upon reading the second message?

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

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

4. What does Theresa find inside of the item she finds when stopping to tie her shoe?

5. What excited Theresa about finding the message in the bottle?

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