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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 Deanna believe when they see the piece in the newspaper the next morning?
(a) That the writer of the letter will probably never see it.
(b) That the writer has probably died.
(c) That it will be a hit with the readers.
(d) That it will make both of them famous.

2. In Chapter 1, on a cold December day, where does Theresa Osborne arrive?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

3. According to the Prologue, why have messages in bottles been used for hundreds of years?
(a) To send birth records across the Atlantic.
(b) To track ocean currents and send messages.
(c) They help boats find their way home.
(d) To communicate between countries.

4. Where does Deanna find Theresa crying?
(a) At the office where they work.
(b) At the house they share.
(c) At dinner with Brian.
(d) At the beach at Cape Cod.

5. What changes in David's life after their divorce?
(a) David found religion and started a new family with his wife, Annette.
(b) David and Annette fought frequently about Kevin, David's son from his marriage with Theresa.
(c) David and Annette adopted a child together.
(d) David found religion and then lost his wife, Annette, in a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman claim who calls Theresa the day following the publication of the message?

2. How does Theresa react when Deanna presses her to publish the message?

3. What does Theresa write to go along with the message?

4. What does Brian admit to at dinner the evening after Theresa finds the message?

5. Upon finding a message similar to the one she found in the bottle, what does Theresa fantasize about?

(see the answer key)

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