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

Before reading the message in a bottle, Theresa was excited because it reminded her of sending her own message in a bottle when she was a child. Reading the love letter contained in the bottle moved her profoundly and made her cry.

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

Throughout the years, there were two primary purposes of messages in bottles. The two uses of a message in a bottle were for stranded sailors to send one in the hope of contacting loved ones and the second to track surface currents. In the latter, hundreds of bottles were sent from one specific point at sea in the hope that the few retrieved when they come ashore would tell more about ocean currents.

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