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| What was Mark Twain's real name? |
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| When did Mark Twain live? |
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| When was Mark Twain born? |
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| Where was Mark Twain born? |
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| Name some of Twain's novels |
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-- Tom Sawyer
-- Huck Finn
-- The Innocents Abroad
-- Roughing It
-- The Gilded Age
-- Sketches: New and Old
-- A Tramp Abroad
-- The Prince and the Pauper
-- Life on the Mississippi
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| What is the name of the island on which Huck discovers Jim? |
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| Jackson's Island is between which two states? |
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| Does Huck value religion or superstition more? |
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| What is the name of the sunken riverboat Huck and Jim encounter? |
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| Huck and Jim blame much of their bad luck (passing Cairo, losing the canoes, and the smashed raft) on what? |
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| the snake skin they found earlier |
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| What is the name of the deceased poet girl? |
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| The feud in which Huck gets involved is between which two families? |
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| the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons |
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| Who do the con artists that Huck and Jim pick up pretend to be? |
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| the Duke of Bridgewater and King Louis XVII (the Duke and the King) |
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| What play do the con artists endeavor to perform? |
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| Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet's soliloquy |
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| Why does Huck choose not to turn Jim in to the authorities? |
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-- it would be a crime to betray his friend
-- Jim really cares for him
Huck makes the decision based on his conscience, not his reason or social norms |
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| What names did the con artists use in order to finangle a rich inheritance? |
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| Where does Huck hide the money he takes from the Duke and the King (who took it from the Wilkses)? |
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| When the con artists are being tested for authenticity, why do the townsfolk dig up Peter Wilks? |
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| to see if he has a tattoo |
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| To whom does the King sell Jim? |
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| Silas Phelphs (Tom Sawyer's uncle) |
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| For whom does Aunt Sally mistake Huck? |
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| What happens to the King and the Duke in the last town they conned? |
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| They're tarred and feathered and paraded through the streets. |
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| How do Huck and Tom plan to free Jim from the Phelpses? |
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| digging a hole into his shed |
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| Where does Tom get shot during the break for freedom? |
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| What happens to Huck at the end of the novel? |
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| he's adopted by Aunt Sally |
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| When did Charles Dickens live? |
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| When was Charles Dickens born? |
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| When did Charles Dickens die? |
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| What two works launched Charles Dickens' career as a writer? |
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-- Sketches by Boz
-- The Pickwick Papers |
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| Which of Dickens' novels is incomplete? |
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| The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
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| In what year does A Tale of Two Cities begin? |
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| What metaphor is used to describe death? |
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| What metaphor is used to describe fate? |
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| In Mr. Lorry's dream, how long have the people been buried? |
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| In what suburb of Paris is the wine shop located? |
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| What was Mr. Manette doing when Mr. Lorry and Lucie came to release him? |
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"I hope you care to be recalled to life?"
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| What does Mr. Cruncher forbid his wife to do? |
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Of what is Charles Darnay being accused?
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| What is Miss Pross' pet name for Miss Manette |
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| After Darnay's meeting with Doctor Manette concerning the former's love for Miss Manette, how did the Doctor employ himself? |
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| Who all attends the wedding of Miss Manette and Charles Darnay? (other than the celebrant) |
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| -- Doctor Manette -- Miss Pross -- Mr. Lorry |
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| What is the name of the spy who visited the Defarges? |
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| What does Mr. Lorry say was the cause of his mental attack? |
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| In what year does the French Revolution take place? |
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| For whom does Darnay return to France? |
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Why is Darnay imprisoned?
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| What is the name of the lady who constantly accompanies Mde. Defarge? |
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| While imprisoned, at what time could Darnay hope to see his wife? |
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| What is Solomon Pross' other name? |
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| What is John Barsad's other name? |
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