Narrative Reading Quiz

Text 1 (Question for number 1 - 5)

The Golden Eggs

Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to the God for help his family would die of starvation.

Few days later, an old man with long grey beard passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said, “I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goosewill help you to ease your hardship.”

A week later to his most surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard.  This was not an ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, the livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant, and spendthrift.

Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach.

Through the very much regretted for his foolishness. It’s already too late.

Question No 1. What is the communicative purpose of the text ?

• To describe how the farmer got rich

• To share an amusing story with others

• To persuade the reader to read the story

• To entertain the reader with an interesting story

• To inform readers about the farmer and the goose

What happened to the farmer’s livestock ?

• They were all stolen

• They were all given away

• They were all slaughtered

• They were all killed by flood

• They were eaten by the wild animal

Which of the following statement is true?

• God gave the goose to the farmer

• The farmer did not believe the old man

• An old man with long grey beard  gave a farmer a goose

• The farmer died of starvation because he became lazy and spendthrift

• The farmer slaughtered his goose because there were golden eggs inside its stomach

What do we learn from the story?

• Foolishness did not pay

• Always pray to God for help

• Not to be lazy or arrogant

• Not to forgotten  a good deed

• Not to be greedy and be contented with what we had

“I don’t have any expensive thing to give you ………” (paragraph 3)

The word “I” refers to …..

• A Poor farmer

• The writer

• The reader

• An old man

• Hunter

Text 2 (Question for number 6 - 10)

The Magic Box

Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who dug up a big box in his field. He took at home with him and showed it to wife. His wife cleaned it and kept it in house.

One day, she dropped an apple into it. Immediately the box began to will up with apples. No matter how many were taken out. Others took their place. So the farmer dropped a coin into the box. At once, apples disappeared and the box began, to fill itself with coin. Everyday a farmer and his wife collected hundreds and hundreds of dollars from the box. Soon they became very rich.

Now the farmer’s grandfather lived with the couple. He was not very strong and he could not go out to work. So the farmer asked the old man to help him take the money out of the box. When his grandfather became tired and wanted to rest, the farmer shouted at him, “Why are you so lazy? Why can’t you work harder?” the old man did not say anything but he continued working until he fell inside the box and died. At once the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with dead grandfather.

The farmer had to pull them out and burry them. To do this he had to spend all the money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the farmer was just as poor as he was before.

(6) How was the farmer according to the writer?

• Greedy

• Humorous

• Generous

• Rich

• Kind

The compilation start in the part of the story when …

• The farmer dug up a big box in his field, took at home and showed it to his wife

• His wife dropped an apple into it and immediately the box filled up with apples

• The farmer and his wife sold the apples and were able to live comfortable

• The farmers dropped the coins into the box

• The apples disappeared and bean to fill itself with coin

Which statement is true according to the story ….

• His wife clean and kept the box to the story

• The box was full of valuable things when it was found

• The farmer had to pull dead grandfather out and burry them

• The poor farmer finally was killed by the grandfather

• The farmer’s wife became happy after the grandfather

What did we learn from the story?

• Being honest is not always wise

• Being a miser is sometimes important

• All the glitters is not gold

• It is good to be honest in life

• Being greedy is not good

The communicative purpose of the text is….

• To amuse and entertain the readers with problematic events

• To tell the readers what really happened in the past

• To inform the readers how and why something works

• To present information about a current issue

• To describe an event in the past