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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Theresa react when Deanna presses her to publish the message?
(a) Theresa becomes reluctant and believes it is morally wrong.
(b) Theresa agrees to talk about it over dinner.
(c) Theresa becomes angered and refuses to speak with Deanna.
(d) Theresa agrees complacently.

3. What does Garrett do when Theresa arrives for their first date?
(a) He suggests that they take the boat out later.
(b) He suggests they should go up river.
(c) He suggests they eat before going out on the ocean.
(d) He takes the boat on the ocean.

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

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

6. In Chapter 1, how long had it been since Theresa and David's separation and divorce?
(a) Theresa and David separated for one year and divorced for two years.
(b) Theresa and David separated for two years and divorced for three years.
(c) Theresa and David separated for one year and divorced for three years.
(d) Theresa and David separated for two years and divorced for one year.

7. Who gives Theresa a clue about where to find Garrett in Wilmington?
(a) A newspaper boy.
(b) A store employee.
(c) A barista.
(d) A fisherman.

8. What does Theresa notice when she stands in front of Happenstance for the first time?
(a) That a man is watching her.
(b) That the boat seems damaged.
(c) That the boat was re-named Catherine.
(d) That the dock is unsteady.

9. What in the messages leads Theresa and Deanna to discover Garrett's whereabouts?
(a) Learning the name of a dive shop and calling dive shops in the Wilmington area.
(b) Learning the name of the address by looking at companies that make the bottle the message was in.
(c) Learning the name of his wife and looking up obituaries.
(d) Learning the name of Garrett and going to Wilmington.

10. 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 and a half.
(c) About six months.
(d) More than a year.

11. Why is Theresa pleased when she sees a newspaper article featuring Garrett at the bar?
(a) Garrett is a young man, in his thirties.
(b) Garrett is a middle-aged man and too old for her.
(c) Garret no longer lives in the area.
(d) Garrett is married.

12. How many days does it take from the time of Theresa's research to the discovery of a third letter?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

13. What information do Garrett and Theresa exchange at the end of their first date?
(a) They exchange all of their contact information.
(b) They exchange their phone numbers.
(c) They exchange their names.
(d) They do not exchange any information.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person want who called Garrett the day following his first date with Theresa?

2. Where did Garrett and Catherine run into each other upon his return to Wilmington?

3. In the Prologue, what tale does the author introduce about a sailor?

4. What does Garrett work on most of the morning following his date with Theresa?

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

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