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What was Mark Twain's original name?

• Huckleberry Finn
• William Faulkner
• Orion Clemens
• Samuel Clemens

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When was Mark Twain born?

• in 1835
• in 1845
• in 1935
• in 1945

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Where was Mark Twain born?

• Missouri
• Mississippi
• Michigan
• Connecticut

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How old was Samuel, when he started working?

• 12
• 13
• 15
• 18

His first job was …

• in a newspaper
• at a steamboat
• in the army
• in a shop

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After the war Mark Twain moved to…

• New York
• San Francisco
• Boston
• Virginia City

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Where did Mark Twain get his name?

• It's the name his mother gave him.
• From a story character.
• From a riverboat term.
• It was his nickname in high school

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Mark Twain's first book?

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• The Innocents Abroad
• The Red Badge of Courage
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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When/where did Mark Twain die?

• 1835/Hannibal, MO
• 1904/Hartford, CT 
• 1912/St. Louis, MO
• 1910/Redding, CT

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What does "Mark Twain" mean?

• shallow water

• safe water

• easy going

• do not cross

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