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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. Where do Garrett, Theresa, and Kevin go in the evening following their arrival in Wilmington?

2. What do Theresa and Garrett do over the next few weeks following her visit to Wilmington?

3. What does Theresa write to Garrett in Chapter 13?

4. When Kevin and Theresa arrive to Wilmington, how does Kevin feel?

5. What weekend does Garrett think of during the few days he and Theresa spend together following their first night together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who visits Garrett after he comes back from Boston?

2. What is Garrett's fate?

3. How does the relationship between Theresa and Garrett evolve in Chapter 8?

4. What does Garrett fail to do the night his father visits him?

5. Why does Theresa break off her relationship with Garrett?

6. Why does Garrett's father visit him in his shop at the start of Chapter 10?

7. What happens the last night Theresa is in Wilmington?

8. What did Garrett do after his first night with Theresa?

9. How does Garrett win over Kevin when they finally meet?

10. What news did Catherine give Garrett shortly before her death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Theresa is a hopeless romantic or a woman anchored in reality? Make sure you consider how she is in the beginning of the book and the changes in her character after finding the letters and subsequently finding Garrett. Use references from the book to build your argument.

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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