JAKA TARUB AND 7 ANGELS

Jaka Tarub and 7 Angels

Once upon a time, in a village called Dadapan, there lived a boy named Jaka Tarub. Jaka Tarub is a handsome boy who liked to go hunting in the woods. He likes to go hunting for animals with his bow and arrow.

This part of the text is classified as ____________________

• Reorientation

• Complication

• Resolution

• Orientation

One day, when he was hunting in the woods, he heard the sound of women soft giggling and laughing that came from the lake. When he arrived at the lake, he saw 7 beautiful angels from the heaven, taking a bath and talking with each other. Jaka Tarub was so mesmerized by their beauty that he could not take his eyes of them. All of the angels put their shawls in the stone near the lake and Jaka Tarub decided to steal one of them.

2.       “Jaka Tarub was so mesmerized by their beauty that he could not take his eyes of them.”

 

The underlined word has similar meaning to _________________________

• scared

• confused

• hypnotized

• dissapointed

When he arrived at the lake, he saw 7 beautiful angels from the heaven, taking a bath and talking with each other. Jaka Tarub was so mesmerized by their beauty that he could not take his eyes of them. All of the angels put their shawls in the stone near the lake and Jaka Tarub decided to ________

3. What did Jaka Tarub do when he saw the Angels’ shawls in the stone near the lake?

 

• Jaka Tarub decided to take and hide one of them.

• Jaka Tarub continued to stare on the Angels in the lake

•   Jaka Tarub left the lake to continue hunting for animals

• Jaka Tarub kept an eye on the shawl while waiting for the Angels to finish taking a bath

Jaka Tarub’s family seemed to never run out of rice. The stock of rice was never empty. Nawang Wulan stored the rice inside a jar with a lid on it. Nawang Wulan always reminded Jaka Tarub to not open the lid. Out of curiosity, Jaka Tarub opened the lid and took a look inside. He was so surprised to find out that there was only one grain of rice inside. Turned out, Nawang Wulan had always been using her magic to make the rice stock full.

4.       From the story above, it is said that the rice in Jaka Tarub’s house was never empty, because______________ 

• Nawang Wulan took care of the house and prepared the meal well.

•     Nawang Wulan used her magic to make the rice stock always full.

• Jaka Tarub hid Nawang Wulan’s shawl in the rise store room.

• Nawang Wulan stored the rice inside a jar with a lid on it

Turned out, Nawang Wulan had always been using her magic to make the rice stock full. But because Jaka Tarub, a mere human, had discovered her magic, Nawang Wulan’s magic power disappeared.

5.  What makes Nawang Wulan lost her magic? ______________________

 

      

• Because Jaka Tarub, an ordinary human being, had discovered her magic.

• Because Nawang Wulan stored the rice inside a jar with a lid on it

• Because Nawang Wulan had been living in the earth for too long

• Because Nawang Wulan had lost his shawl

She was very furious to find out that her husband, Jaka Tarub, was the one who stole the shawl and made her stuck in the earth

5.       Nawang Wulan was furious at her husband, Jaka Tarub, because _________________

• Jaka Tarub tried to stop her from returning to heaven

• Jaka Tarub discovered the reason why the rice stock never empty

• She lost her magic because Jaka Tarub opened the rice storage lid

• She found out that Jaka Tarub was the reason why she could not fly back to heaven

For questions number 7 – 10, determine whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) based on the story above.

7. Nawang Wulan did not fly back to heaven to live with her husband and daughter

• TRUE

• FALSE

8. Nawang Wulan did all of the house chores and cooking every day             

• TRUE

• FALSE

However, she made a deal with Jaka Tarub, that she would always go back to take care and meet Nawang Sih every night. But during her visit to Nawang Sih, Jaka Tarub was not allowed to see and meet her.

9. Jaka Tarub and Nawang Wulan’s deal was to have Nawang Wulan visiting and nursering Nawang Sih every night together with Jaka Tarub          

• TRUE

• FALSE

Out of curiosity, Jaka Tarub opened the lid and took a look inside. He was so surprised to find out that there was only one grain of rice inside. Turned out, Nawang Wulan had always been using her magic to make the rice stock full

10. With her magic, Nawang Wulan turned a single grain of rice into a full stock of rice

• TRUE

• FALSE