2. When Theresa returns to the Cape, how long had it been since the events began?
(a) More than a year and a half.
(b) About six months.
(c) More than a year.
(d) More than two years.

3. What information do Garrett and Theresa exchange at the end of their first date?
(a) They exchange all of their contact information.
(b) They do not exchange any information.
(c) They exchange their names.
(d) They exchange their phone numbers.

4. What does the person want who called Garrett the day following his first date with Theresa?
(a) A jacket left on the dock.
(b) A copy of an invoice.
(c) A jacket left on Happenstance.
(d) Help at the shop.

5. What does Garrett work on most of the morning following his date with Theresa?
(a) He works in the shop.
(b) Cleaning his boat.
(c) His boat's engine.
(d) He does not work.

6. What does Theresa write to go along with the message?
(a) An analysis.
(b) An introduction.
(c) A conclusion.
(d) Nothing.

7. After he learns that Theresa has never gone sailing, what does Garrett suggest?
(a) That she go sailing with him and Catherine.
(b) That she go sailing with him on Happenstance that evening.
(c) That she go sailing with him that morning.
(d) That she take a boating class.

8. 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 track ocean currents and send messages.
(c) To communicate between countries.
(d) To send birth records across the Atlantic.

9. What does the woman claim who calls Theresa the day following the publication of the message?
(a) To have knowledge of the identification of the man.
(b) To have a message written by the woman to the man.
(c) To have a letter written by the same man who wrote the published message.
(d) To be upset over the publication of the first message.

10. What does Theresa show Deanna when Deanna finds her crying?
(a) The published column.
(b) The receipt from the hotel.
(c) The message from the bottle.
(d) The final divorce papers.

11. What does the author imply about messages in bottles?
(a) People should not put messages in bottles.
(b) There is something mystical about messages in bottles.
(c) Messages in bottles should not be read.
(d) There is something superstitious about messages in bottles.

12. What is the breakfast conversation about between Garrett and his host the day after Garrett's first date with Theresa?
(a) Theresa.
(b) The boat.
(c) Jeb.
(d) The shop.

13. What does Garrett own that was mentioned in the letters Theresa found?
(a) Nothing that Garrett owns is mentioned in the letters.
(b) A sailing vessel named Happenstance.
(c) A portion of Wilmington.
(d) A local newspaper.

14. Where did Garrett and Catherine run into each other upon his return to Wilmington?
(a) At the dock.
(b) Wrightsville Beach.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) In Boston.

15. What is Garrett not bothered about while on his second date with Theresa?
(a) Theresa asked him to dinner.
(b) Theresa was married before.
(c) Theresa already has a child.
(d) Theresa found the messages.