The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was the first piece of literature to do what for Twain?
What is becoming famous
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a ___ to ___?
What is a "prequel" and "Huckleberry Finn"
How did Mark Twain see chambermaids?
What are dead to every human instinct
The family Twain's character (A Dog's Tale) came to live with.
Who are the Grays
"Truth is stranger than fiction--to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it." Refers to what?
What is truth
The (questionable) friend of Simon Wheeler that taught a frog to jump.
Who is Leonidas W. Smiley
Tom Sawyer often talks about "licking" people, what does "lick" mean in this context?
What is to beat someone up
Twain thinks these chambermaids get what from his anguish?
What is satisfaction
"There now, my faded flower, take that paragraph home with you and amuse yourself with it; and if you ever turn your wart of a nose up at me again, I will sit down and write something that will just make you rise up and howl." Is an insult from ___.
What is After Jenkins
"I was born modest, but it didn't last." Twain reflects on what saying this?
What is self awareness
The (real) name of the celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County.
What is Dan'l Webster
When Tom was pressed about the first two disciples, he shouts "___" which causes Twain to draw the curtain of charity over the rest of the scene.
What is "DAVID AND GOLIATH!"
If Twain could do what regarding chambermaids, what would he do?
What is pass a bill through Legislature to abolish them
The short story that included a poem.
What is Answers to Correspondents
"Character is the architect of achievements." Reflects on ...?
What is human nature
The nickname given to Smiley's horse by the town boys.
What is the Fifteen-Minute Nag
What does Tom mean saying: "What a curious kind of fool a girl is! Never been licked in school! Shucks! What's a licking! That's just like a girl—they're so thin-skinned and chicken-hearted."
What is mockery
According to Twain, chamber maids are ___ would die if they could not continue to be.
What are villains
'"Ye have me there, be me sowl!" said I, (for I am not "up" in the niceties of the language, you understand; I only know enough of it to enable me to "keep my end up" in an ordinary conversation.)"' A conversation between Mark and Dennis McCarthy from ___?
What is Among the Fenians
"An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth" is an analogy of ___.
What is lying
"I found ___ dozing comfortably by the bar-room stove of the old, dilapidated tavern in the ancient mining camp of Angle's, and I noticed that he was fat and bald-headed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simplicity upon his tranquil countenance." Describes who?
Who is Simon Wheeler
"Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" was said by who referring to Tom's mischief?
Who is Aunt Polly?
The short story of "Concerning Chambermaids" is an ___ of villainess maidens merely doing their jobs.
What is an exaggeration
"Oct. 26. - Considerable phenomenal atmospheric foolishness. About this time expect more earthquakes; but do not look for them, on account of the bricks." What report does this entry come from.
What is A Page From a Californian Almanac
"There's nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus." Fuddle means what?
What is intoxicate