Narrative Text

Tangkuban Perahu

Dayang Sumbi was exiled in the jungle, because she was unmarried but pregnant.  She gave a birth to a baby boy and named him Sangkuriang .     

One day he went hunting with his dog, si Tumang. In the bush he saw a pig, Wayungyang.  He wanted to shoot Wayungyang but si Tumang hindered him. He was angry at it and killed it, and then took its heart home. When he told that it was si Tumang’s heart, she was very angry and hit Sang Kuriang’s head with a spoon.  And he ran away and left his mother to the east.  He did not know himself and forgot his name. He was about 16 years of age.

After along time Sang Kuriang came back to the jungle where his mother lived.  She looked younger than her age, so Sang Kuriang fell in love with her.  “Will you marry me?’’ one day he asked her. But Dayang Sumbi refused because she recognized that he was her son. He insisted to marry her and Dayang Sumbi asked two marriage settlements.  One, he had to dammed Citarum river, and two, had to make a boat in one night

Sang Kuriang almost finished his work but Dayang Sumbi cheated him.  He was angry and kicked the boat.  The boat fell upside down on the peak of mountain. It was known Tangkuban Perahu, at the northern of Bandung, West Java.

1. Where is the legend from? It is from ...

• A. East Java

• B. West Java

• C. Central Java

• D. North Java

Who is the main character of the story above?

• A. Si Tumang

• B. Sangkuriang

• C. Dayang Sumbi

• D. Followed her husband

3. Why was Dayang Sumbi exiled in the jungle? Because she ...

• A. Was married and pregnant

• B. Was unmarried and not pregnant

• C. Was unmarried and pregnant

• D. Followed her husband

4. Why did Dayang Sumbi refuse sangkuriang proposal?

• A. Because she recognized that he was her son

• B. Because sangkuriang was ungly

• C. Because sangkuriang was not rich

• D. Because she had a husband

5. ” ... And then took its heart home.” (Paragraph 2).

The underlined word refers to…

• A. Wayungyang

• B. Pig

• C. Dayang Sumbi

• D. Tumang

The Rats and The Elephants

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.

Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.

One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.

The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

6. What destroyed the homes of all rats?

• A. A group of mice did

• B. The hunter did

• C. Elephant-hunter did

• D. A group of elephant did

The Rats and The Elephants

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.

Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.

One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.

The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

7. What helped the elephant's herd free?

• A. The elephant-hunter did

• B. The hunters did

• C. Entire group of rats did

• D. A group of king did

The Rats and The Elephants

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.

Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.

One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.

The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

8. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"?

• A. Identification

• B. Orientation

• C. Complication

• D. Resolution

The Rats and The Elephants

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.

Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.

One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.

The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

9. What type of text is the above text? It is …

• A. A narrative text

• B. A descriptive text

• C. A recount text

• D. A discussion text

The Rats and The Elephants

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.

Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.

One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.

The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

10. At the end of the story, how was the elephant's herd?

• A. Angry

• B. Sad

• C. Happy

• D. Disappointed