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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Garrett puts a message in the bottle, how far does it travel from its original destination?
(a) Over 500 miles.
(b) Over 700 miles.
(c) Over 600 miles.
(d) Over 400 miles.

4. What excited Theresa about finding the message in the bottle?
(a) She had never seen a message in a bottle before.
(b) She did something similar as a child.
(c) Her and her husband did something similar during their marriage.
(d) She and her son did something similar when he was a child.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Theresa at the start of the book?

4. What does Deanna promise if they publish the message?

5. Which of the following themes are introduced in Chapter 1 of "Message in a Bottle?"

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