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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman claim who calls Theresa the day following the publication of the message?

2. Which of the following themes are introduced in Chapter 1 of "Message in a Bottle?"

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

4. When the course is set during their first voyage together, what does Garrett show Theresa?

5. How does Deanna treat Theresa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Theresa identify Garrett?

2. Do you think removing information to identify who wrote the letter makes the moral ambiguity disappear?

3. What was Theresa excited about before she read the message in the bottle she first found on the beach?

4. How does Theresa make contact with Garrett?

5. How did Catherine die?

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

7. What story did the prologue reveal about messages in bottles?

8. How do Garrett and Theresa meet the second time?

9. Why was Theresa in Cape Cod during the summer prior to the beginning of the story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deanna is a character in the novel who acts as Theresa's friend and editor. Does Deanna's desire to protect Theresa affect her positively or negatively? Does Deanna act as an antagonist? Support your statements with examples and quotes from the text.

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between Garrett and Theresa goes quickly from a casual acquaintance to an intimate relationship. Why do you think Garrett, while still deeply in love with his late wife, chose to move so quickly? Make a parallel between Catherine and Theresa and the way both women went on the same date on the boat, using references from the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Theresa's loss of intimacy with Garrett's loss of Catherine. Discuss how loss affects their characters and brings them together. Provide examples from the book to support your discussion.

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