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

2. What is Theresa working on when she receives the phone call the day after the message is published?
(a) Her follow-up to the message.
(b) Her interview for a new column.
(c) Her planning meeting with her boss.
(d) Her newest piece for her column.

3. What is the nature of the relationship between Theresa and Deanna?
(a) Deanna is Theresa's friend and editor.
(b) Deanna is Theresa's friend.
(c) Deanna is Theresa's boss.
(d) Deanna is Theresa's relative.

4. What newspaper does Theresa Osborne work for as a columnist?
(a) The Boston Herald.
(b) The Boston Review.
(c) The Boston Globe.
(d) The Boston Times.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theresa grieve about during in Chapter 1?

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

3. Where does Deanna find Theresa crying?

4. Where did David, Theresa's ex-husband, move after their divorce?

5. When Theresa returns to the Cape, how long had it been since the events began?

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