Pre-Test of Narrative Text

    Sangkuriang 

Once upon a time in West Java, lived a writer king who had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Dayang Sumbi. She liked weaving very much. Once she was weaving a cloth when one of her tools fell to the ground. She was very tired, at the same time she was too lazy to take it. Then she just shouted out loudly.

 

Anybody there! Bring me my tool. I will give you a special present. If you are female, I will consider you as my sister. If you are male, I will marry you. Suddenly a male dog, its name was Tumang came. He brought her the falling tool. Dayang Sumbi was very surprised. She regretted her words but she could not deny it. So she had to marry Tumang and leave her father.  Then they lived in a small village. Several months later they had a son. His name was Sangkuriang. He was a handsome and healthy boy.

 

Sangkuriang liked hunting very much, especially deer. He often went hunting to the wood using his arrow. When he went hunting, Tumang was always with him.

One day Dayang Sumbi wanted to have a deer’s heart so she asked Sangkuriang to hunt for a deer. Then Sangkuriang went to the wood with his arrow and his faithful dog, Tumang, but after several days in the wood Sangkuriang could not find any deer. Then where all disappeared. Sangkuriang was exhausted and desperate. He did not want to disappoint his mother so he killed Tumang. He did not know that Tumang was his father. He took Tumang’s heart to his mother. But Dayang Sumbi knew that it was Tumang’s heart. She was so angry that she could not control her emotions. She hit Sangkuriang on his head. Sangkuriang was wounded. There was a scar on his head. She also repelled her son. Sangkuriang left his mother in sadness.

 

Many years passed and Sangkuriang became a strong young man. He wandered everywhere. One day he arrived at his own village but he did not realize it. There he met Dayang Sumbi. At the time, Dayang Sumbi was given eternal beauty by God so she stayed young forever. Both of them did not know each other. So they fell in love and then they decided to marry.  But then Dayang Sumbi recognized a scar on Sangkuriang’s head. She knew that Sangkuriang was her son. It was impossible for them to marry. She told him but he did not believe her. He wished that they marry soon. So Dayang Sumbi gave a very difficult condition. She asked Sangkuriang  to build a lake and a boat in one night! She said she needed that for their honeymoon.

 

Sangkuriang agreed. With the help of genies and spirits, Sangkuriang tried to build them. By midnight, he had completed the lake by building a dam in Citarum river. Then he started making the boat. It was almost dawn when he almost finished it. Meanwhile, Dayang Sumbi kept watching him. She was very worried when she knew this. So she made lights in the east. Then the spirits thought that it was already dawn. It was time for them to leave. They left Sangkuriang alone. Without their help, he could not finish the boat.

 

Sangkuriang was angry. He kicked the boat. Then the boat turned upside down. It later became Mount Tangkuban Perahu. Which means an upside-down boat. From a distance, the mount really looks like an upside-down boat.

1. What is the story about?

• A. A wrath son
  
  
  
  
  
  

• B. West Java’s tales
  

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  C. Tumang, a Dog husband
  
  

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  D. The legend of Tangkuban Perahu
  
  

• E. Dayang Sumbi’s rejection to marry Sangkuriang

2. According to the story, Tumang was….

•      A. Actually a handsome prince
      

• B. Married to Dayang Sumbi
      

• C. Sangkuriang's pet dog
      

• D. Good at hunting deer
      

• E. In fact Dayang Sumbi’s father

3. 3. What did Dayang Sumbi look like?
       
   
   

• 3. A. She liked weaving clothes
         

• 3. B. She looked for the heart of a deer
         

• 3. C. She was beautiful
        

• 3.   D. She was looking at her fallen tool
         

• 3. E. She and her son were alike
         

3. 4. What made Dayang Sumbi stay young?
       
   
   

• 3. A. She set up conditions in doing things
         

• 3. B. A young man fell in love with her
     

• 3.      C. She married a dog
         

• 3. D. She knew how to take care of her body
         

• 3. E. God gave her eternal beauty
         

5. Who are the main characters in the story?
   

• A. Dayang Sumbi and Sangkuriang
     

• B. The king Dayang Sumbi, the dog and Sangkuriang
  

•     C. The king, Dayang Sumbi, the dog, Sangkuriang, the genie, and the spirits
    

•   D. The king, Dayang Sumbi, the dog, Sangkuriang, the mount, the boat, the genie, and the spirits
     

• E. The king, Dayang Sumbi, sister, daughter, the dog, a young man, Sangkuriang, the mount, the boat, the genie, the spirits and God
       

6. What moral value can we learn from the story?
   

• A. People must keep their words all the time
     

• B. Do not make a promise too easily
   

•    C. Never be reluctant to do good things
     

• D. We should not hate our descendants
     

• E. Just do what we have planned
     

7. “He brought her the falling tool”

The underline word refers to……

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     A. Sangkuriang
   

•   B. Tumang
    

• C. Dayang Sumbi
   

•   D. The king
   

•   E. Father
   

8. “If you are male, I will marry you” (paragraph 2)
The sentence means that the one who helped Dayang Sumbi became her….

•   A. Husband
  

•   B. Maid
   

• C. Boss
  

•   D. Son
   

• E. King
   

9. The complication starts when….
 

• A. Sangkuriang arrived at his own village
   

• B. Tumang came bringing Dayang Sumbi fallen thing
   

• C. Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to find deer’s heart
  

•   D. Dayang Sumbi and Sangkuriang fell in love and decided to marry
   

• E. Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a lake and a boat in one night
   

10. “once upon a time in west java, Indonesia lived a wise king who had beautiful daughter.” (paragraph 1)
  What is the function of the above sentence?

•    A. A crisis
   

•   B. A complication
   

•   C. An orientation
    

• D. A reorientation
  

•    E. A resolution