Fill in the Blanks Mark Twain BiographyOnline version Fill in the blank Mark Twain's biography with a suitable verb in the past tense. by Myriam Boclin 1 Mark Tawin born in Missouri , United States in 1835 . His father ( die ) when he ( be ) only 12 years old . He ( leave ) school to earn a living . Adventurous years followed . He ( travel ) around America , South America , before coming back to become a steam - boat pilot on the Mississippi River , next to which he had grown up . When the Civil War put an end to steam - boating he became a journalist . He ( to be ) so successful , that after the war he was sent to the Mediterranean to write a series of articles . He ( become ) a famous travel writer . Mark Twain ( feel ) great nostalgia for his childhood , and in 1876 he ( write ) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . The book is about Mark Twain's own experiences . Eight year after this book , he ( write ) another one : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . Mark Twain ( become ) famous worldwide . He a fortune from his writing but ( lose ) it on different inventions and investments . He ( be ) impulsive and bad - tempered . He ( to be ) also sentimental and superstitious . He ( be ) born when The Halley Comet was passing the Earth and he ( believe ) that he would die when the comet ( return ) : it was exactly what happened !
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