Message in a Bottle Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nicholas Sparks (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Message in a Bottle Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nicholas Sparks (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is obvious about the man and woman in the message found by Theresa?

2. Where did Garrett and Catherine run into each other upon his return to Wilmington?

3. What does Garrett think about when preparing for his first voyage with Theresa?

4. What does the person want who called Garrett the day following his first date with Theresa?

5. Where does Theresa head early in the morning following her arrival at Wilmington?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises await Theresa when she returns to work on Monday following the publication of the message?

2. What is Theresa's plan when she arrives in Wilmington?

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

4. Why does Deanna try to convince Theresa to find Garrett?

5. Who does Theresa go to after finding the third message and why?

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

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

8. What reasons does Theresa have for finding the man who wrote the messages?

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

10. Where is Theresa at the start of the book, and why is she there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Theresa introduces Kevin and Garrett when they go to Wilmington to visit for the weekend. Although she prepares her son, she may not have anticipated that Garrett remains plagued by memories of Catherine throughout their courtship and that Catherine was pregnant when she was killed. Does Kevin's relationship with Garrett add to the story or detract from it? Did the fact that Catherine was pregnant affect Garrett's relationship with Kevin? Support your statements with examples and quotes from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why flashbacks are used by Nicholas Sparks in "Message in a Bottle." Give examples of how they are used and to what purpose, as well as why Sparks may have chosen to use flashbacks instead of writing the book so that it started three years prior. Give examples from the book to support your discussion.

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