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| When was Twain born? | 1835 |
| When did he move to Hannibal, Missouri? | 1839 |
| How old is Twain when his father dies? | 13 |
| When was Twain a steamboat captain? | 1850s |
| With whom did he fight as a volunteer? | the Confederate Army |
| Where did he mine for silver? | the Nevada Territory |
| What does Mark Twain mean? | two fathoms deep |
| When did he write "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calvaras County"? | 1865 |
| When did he marry Olivia Langdon? | 1870 |
| Where is the setting of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? | a town on the Mississippi River |
| What did Life on the Mississippi in clude? | autobiographical experiences as a river pilot |
| What did Life on the Mississippi and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn do for Twain? | recognition for being one of the greatest writers America would ever know |
