Question

What singular ambition did all the boys have inn the town where Mark Twain grew up?

Answer 1

What singular ambition did all the boys have in the town where mark twain grew up ?
A. to be writers 
B. to be ministers 
C. to be justice of the peace 
(D.) to be steamboatmen

i think its D

Answer 2

The "permanent ambition" of every Hannibal boy was to be a pilot.