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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theresa find inside of the item she finds when stopping to tie her shoe?
(a) A touching love letter.
(b) The bottle is empty.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Sand.

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

3. In the Prologue, what tale does the author introduce about a sailor?
(a) A shipwrecked sailor sent a message in a bottle to detail his whereabouts, but the bottle was not found.
(b) A shipwrecked sailor sent a message in a bottle that turned up at his birthplace a hundred years later.
(c) The author does not include any stories about shipwrecked sailors in the prologue.
(d) A shipwrecked sailor sent a message in a bottle that went to another country before being sent to his hometown.

4. Why does Theresa feel lonely?
(a) She misses her marriage with her ex-husband, David.
(b) She finds few men want a relationship with a woman who has children.
(c) She misses Kevin, her son while he visits David.
(d) She feels lonely when not around her co-workers.

5. Which of the following themes are introduced in Chapter 1 of "Message in a Bottle?"
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Loss.
(d) Desperation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Deanna find Theresa crying?

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

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

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

5. What newspaper does Theresa Osborne work for as a columnist?

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