Legend of Holy Stone

A legend is a story about...

• animals

• fairy

• how things exist

• imagination

Below is the purposes of a legend, except...

• to entertain

• to describe

• to teach values

• to send special message

The Legend of the Holy Stone if from...

• Papua

• Java

• Bali

• Kalimantan

The Legend of the Holy Stone is about...

• Problems encountered by Irimiami and Isoray in Kamboi Rama

  Mountain.

• Irimiami’s and Isorays’ struggles to introduce and glorify the holy

  stone.

• The discovery of a stone that marks a traditional feast in Papua.

• The story of a husband and wife in overcoming a big forest fire.

• The story of a husband and wife in finding a sacred stone.

A kind of staple food, a starch extracted from a special tree is called ...

• tifa

• sago

• chants

• holy flour

Venison is a kind of ...

• drinks

• musical istruments

• meat

• snacks

A short time later, in their astonishment, smoke came out

of that stone. Curious, Irimiami tried to sit on that stone. “Ouch!

It’s really hot!” he shouted. Becoming more curious, the couple

decided to test the stone’s heat. “How if we put this venison on

that stone?” said Irimiami. “Let’s just try, dear,” answered

Isoray. Exquisite smells came from the burning meat. As it was

ready, they ate them up. “What a delicious piece of meat” or

“This meat is so delicious,” Irimiami said happily. Unsatisfied

with what they had found, they continued testing the stone.

“Let’s try to put these bamboo stems,” said Isoray. “Let’s try

these grass and leaves,” Irimiami added. “How about that

timber!” shouted Isoray. Day by day, they kept on testing the

stone.

The main idea of the paragraph is .....

• Irimiami and Isorai went to the jungle

• God Iriwonawani got angry because the sago tree became scarcer

• the Irimiami and Isorai tested the hot stones

• The stone was hot

As time passed by, the sago trees

were becoming scarcer.

Scarcer means ...

• less

• more

• bigger

• better

One bright day, they gathered more grasses and put them

on the stone.

The action verb in the sentence above is ....

• One bright day

• they

• gathered

• more grasses

Finally, the sounds of the tifa were heard again after a

long time.

The sequencial conjunction in the sentence above is ...

• finally

• the sounds

• heard

• a long time