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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 anxious to find out what happens and to suggest it changes her life.
(b) To make the reader sad over the message.
(c) To make the reader feel lonely.
(d) To make the reader want to know more about Theresa's love life.

2. What does the person want who called Garrett the day following his first date with Theresa?
(a) Help at the shop.
(b) A jacket left on the dock.
(c) A copy of an invoice.
(d) A jacket left on Happenstance.

3. What does Garrett own that was mentioned in the letters Theresa found?
(a) A local newspaper.
(b) A portion of Wilmington.
(c) A sailing vessel named Happenstance.
(d) Nothing that Garrett owns is mentioned in the letters.

4. After he learns that Theresa has never gone sailing, what does Garrett suggest?
(a) That she go sailing with him that morning.
(b) That she go sailing with him and Catherine.
(c) That she go sailing with him on Happenstance that evening.
(d) That she take a boating class.

5. What do Theresa and Garrett agree to do after sailing for a while on their first date?
(a) They continue sailing.
(b) They drop anchor and have dinner.
(c) They go back to the dock.
(d) They drop anchor and sight see.

6. How does Theresa feel towards Deanna?
(a) Theresa resents Deanna.
(b) Theresa loves and trusts Deanna.
(c) Theresa does not trust Deanna's opinions.
(d) Theresa believes in their friendship.

7. What is Theresa working on when she receives the phone call the day after the message is published?
(a) Her follow-up to the message.
(b) Her interview for a new column.
(c) Her newest piece for her column.
(d) Her planning meeting with her boss.

8. What does Garrett think about when preparing for his first voyage with Theresa?
(a) Catherine.
(b) His dad.
(c) What to prepare.
(d) Theresa.

9. How long before the event of the book did Garrett's mother pass away?
(a) 15 years ago.
(b) 20 years ago.
(c) 19 years ago.
(d) 25 years ago.

10. Who calls when Garrett is going through paperwork the day following his first date with Theresa?
(a) Deanna.
(b) Theresa.
(c) An employee.
(d) Jeb.

11. What does Garrett feel pushed to do by his host the day after his first date with Theresa, even though he refuses?
(a) Follow Theresa home.
(b) See Theresa again.
(c) Have a double date.
(d) See Jeb again.

12. What does Deanna promise if they publish the message?
(a) To remove references to the location.
(b) To remove references to the location and not use names.
(c) To publish the entire story.
(d) To let Theresa approve the layout.

13. What does Theresa realize when researching Wrightsville Beach?
(a) That she does not have enough information about the author and should put it aside.
(b) That she should continue searching by going to Wrightsville Beach in person.
(c) That she should publish it with names to try and find the people in the letters.
(d) That she should not invade the author's privacy.

14. What is Theresa researching when she decides to look up messages in a bottle?
(a) The beach.
(b) Dating sites.
(c) New homes in Cape Cod.
(d) Autism.

15. 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 it will be a hit with the readers.
(c) That the writer has probably died.
(d) That it will make both of them famous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author imply about messages in bottles?

3. What in the messages leads Theresa and Deanna to discover Garrett's whereabouts?

4. Where did David, Theresa's ex-husband, move after their divorce?

5. What city does Theresa embark from when she goes to find Garrett?

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