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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theresa do to relax and think about the decision whether or not to let Deanna publish the message?
(a) Go to the beach.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Go out to eat.
(d) Go shopping.

2. What does Theresa discover during her research on messages in bottles?
(a) A third letter written by Garrett.
(b) That the second letter was a hoax.
(c) The third letter was a hoax.
(d) The address of the author.

3. What is obvious about the man and woman in the message found by Theresa?
(a) That the man loves her deeply.
(b) That the man and woman were no longer in love.
(c) That the woman loved him deeply.
(d) That neither the man nor woman knew what love meant.

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

5. Where is Theresa at the start of the book?
(a) At work.
(b) On a beach.
(c) Boston.
(d) At her apartment.

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

7. What happened after Garrett and Catherine reconnected?
(a) They became friends, but Catherine did not love him back.
(b) They dated for a few years before marrying.
(c) They avoided one another.
(d) They became inseparable and married soon after.

8. 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 sad over the message.
(c) To make the reader feel lonely.
(d) To make the reader anxious to find out what happens and to suggest it changes her life.

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

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

11. 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.

12. 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 names.
(c) They exchange their phone numbers.
(d) They do not exchange any information.

13. When the course is set during their first voyage together, what does Garrett show Theresa?
(a) The landmarks in the area.
(b) The cabin.
(c) How to steer the boat.
(d) Maps of the area.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Theresa go to try to find Garrett the first time?

3. Who calls when Garrett is going through paperwork the day following his first date with Theresa?

4. What does Theresa find when she stops to put her shoes back on?

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

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