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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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) To track ocean currents and send messages.
(c) They help boats find their way home.
(d) To send birth records across the Atlantic.

2. What does Theresa find when she stops to put her shoes back on?
(a) A bottle in the sand.
(b) A lost locket with a picture inside.
(c) A bottle of pop.
(d) A letter in a package.

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

4. Upon finding a message similar to the one she found in the bottle, what does Theresa fantasize about?
(a) She fantasizes about the author of the letters and meeting a man capable of romance and love.
(b) She fantasizes about finding her soul mate.
(c) She fantasizes about David.
(d) She tells herself that she will never find such love.

5. What does Theresa offer when she accepts Garrett's proposal on the dock the first time they meet?
(a) To take him out to eat first.
(b) To interview him about his messages.
(c) To bring dinner along.
(d) To bring wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Theresa and Garrett see each other for their second date, what does Theresa tell him about?

2. Why does Chapter 1 open with Theresa returning to the beach where she found the message?

3. Who books the flight to Wilmington for Theresa the first time she wants to go to Wilmington?

4. What is Theresa researching when she decides to look up messages in a bottle?

5. In Chapter 1, on a cold December day, where does Theresa Osborne arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Theresa want to put everything aside after finding the second message?

2. Why does Theresa want to write an introduction to the message?

3. How does Theresa make contact with Garrett?

4. What is on Garrett's mind while showing Theresa the boat?

5. Which of Theresa's greatest fears does Garrett relieve in the restaurant?

6. What do Garrett and his dad have in common?

7. Why did Theresa divorce David and what happened with him afterward?

8. What are Garrett feelings after inviting Theresa on board his boat?

9. What were the two main uses of messages in a bottle throughout the years?

10. How does Theresa find out about the third message?

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