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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
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Chapters 27–29
Chapters 30–32
Chapters 33–Conclusion
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Chapters 25–26
Chapters 27–29
Chapters 30–32
Chapter 33–Conclusion
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Chapters 30-32
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1
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When was Mark Twain born?
1835
1855
1875
1895
2
of 5
Twain's fictional town of St. Petersburg was based on what real Missouri town?
Joplin
Saint Joseph
Independence
Hannibal
3
of 5
Mark Twain's pen name is a pun based on the terminology used in ___.
Steamboat navigation
Letterpress printing
Newspaper editing
Tobacco farming
4
of 5
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer lacks the ___ that was found in Twain's earlier work.
Character development
Historical accuracy
Social satire
Romance
5
of 5
Because it avoids explicit criticism of racism, the novel largely escaped the controversy that surrounded which book?
Life on the Mississippi
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Innocents Abroad
Roughing it
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