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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 type of conversation did Garrett and Theresa have during their first dinner together?
2. What does Theresa's Thanksgiving's plans cancellation cause Garrett to do?
3. What does Deanna want to talk about with Theresa the day following her return from her first trip to Wilmington?
4. Who calls Theresa a few days after her return to Boston in Chapter 13?
5. What do Theresa and Garrett do over the next few weeks following her visit to Wilmington?
Short Essay Questions
1. What question does Kevin ask Theresa in the plane back to Boston?
2. Why do you think Garrett leaves the bedroom in the middle of the first night Theresa spends at his home ?
3. Who do you think Theresa is in love with at the end of Chapter 9, the Garrett from the letter or the Garrett she met?
4. What difference can you see between the conversation during dinner and the one at the beach in Chapter 5?
5. How is Garrett's first trip to Boston?
6. How does Garrett win over Kevin when they finally meet?
7. What message does the last bottle from Garrett contain?
8. Why does Garrett's father visit him in his shop at the start of Chapter 10?
9. What are Garrett's and Theresa's feeling toward each other at the end of Chapter 9 ?
10. Who visits Garrett after he comes back from Boston?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Theresa so eager to get a commitment from Garrett even after such a short amount of time? Do you think her reading the letters cloud her judgment toward Garrett? Whom do you think Theresa wants the commitment with: the Garrett of the letters or the man she just met? Use the novel to support your statements.
Essay Topic 2
Setting can deepen the story line and help deepen your characters' traits. In the novel, "A Message in a Bottle," the sailboat acts as one of the settings in the story and is important to many major scenes in the novel. Define setting in your essay and then discuss how it contributes to the story and the character development. What does the sailboat represent in "Message in a Bottle?" Why does the sailboat's destruction have importance in the novel? Provide a few examples from the story to help support your statements.
Essay Topic 3
Why doesn't Theresa mention the letters when she first meets Garrett? Do you think their relationship could have evolved if she had? Do you think they would have moved as quickly? Support your discussion and opinions with quotes from the text and feel free to use secondary sources from well known critics.
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