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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 Osborne struggle to balance in her life?
(a) Marriage, motherhood, and work.
(b) Work, motherhood, and dating.
(c) Work and dating.
(d) Dating and motherhood.

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

3. Why does Chapter 1 open with Theresa returning to the beach where she found the message?
(a) To make the reader sad over the message.
(b) To make the reader want to know more about Theresa's love life.
(c) To make the reader anxious to find out what happens and to suggest it changes her life.
(d) To make the reader feel lonely.

4. What does the author imply about messages in bottles?
(a) People should not put messages in bottles.
(b) There is something mystical about messages in bottles.
(c) There is something superstitious about messages in bottles.
(d) Messages in bottles should not be read.

5. 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 she would fire Theresa if she didn't let her publish it.
(c) That they could find the person who wrote the message by publishing it.
(d) That women in the country had the right to see how romantic a man could be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theresa plan to do to indulge herself during her week at Cape Cod?

2. Where does Deanna find Theresa crying?

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

4. What does Theresa realize when researching Wrightsville Beach?

5. According to the Prologue, why have messages in bottles been used for hundreds of years?

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