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Answer the following questions.
1. Where did Hans Brinker live and what was his father's job?
Where did the poor old man live and what did he get from Hans?
3. Which voice did Hans hear and from where it came?
4.
How did Hans discover the leak in the dyke?
5.
How did Hans save his country?
Answers
Answer:
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland) is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
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Hans Brinker tying on his sister Gretel's ice skates, in an illustration by Théophile Schuler from the 1876 French translation of the novel
Author
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator
F. O. C. Darley and Thomas Nast
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Children's novel
Publisher
James O'Kane
Publication date
1865
Pages
347 (original edition)
The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skater.[1]
The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.