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19. Why do people all over the world enjoy reading this novel?

A) Because it is a mixture of hilarity and imaginations

B) Because the novel was previously liked by the author’s own children

C) Because stories about small-town lives impress everybody

D) Because the author described his own childhood in it

20. According to the passage, what is the fact proving that Samuel Clemens wrote this novel about himself?

A) Mark Twain lived in a small town.

B) The events in the story happened in 1850s.

C) The writer had a friend in his life who had habits as Huck has in the story.

D) There was a cave full of bats near the place where Samuel lived.