Understanding Gurung Mali Story

What is the story about?

• The story where problems encountered by Nayau in Gurung Mali

• The story of Nayau’s struggle to solve the problems that time

• The story of an enchanting Gurung Mali village in Sintang

• The story of Micro Hydro Power Plant building in Gurung Mali

• The story of a group of supportive people to build their village

The purpose of the text is….

• to describe the enchanting Gurung Mali village in Sintang

• to amuse the readers with a lesson story from Gurung Mali

• to portray some activities at night in the village of Gurung Mali

• to entertain the readers with the explanation of Gurung Mali

• to discuss the Micro Hydro Power Plant project in Sintang

What kind of person is Nayau?

• persistent

• apathetic

• indifferent

• notorious

• interesting

The phrase ‘smiled broadly’ in ‘Nayau smiled broadly and was proud of his friends’ (paragraph 7) means…

• grin

• frown

• scowl

• gloom

• pout

The main idea of the last paragraph is….

• After three months, the Micro Hydro Power Plant was finally completed.

• Finally, the houses where they lived were in joy at night.

• Those who previously doubted the value of hard work, cooperation and care for the environment then joined in cheers.

• Villagers were then more enthusiastic about protecting the forest and the surrounding environment to keep the water supplies remaining available.

• Nayau smiled broadly and was proud of his friends.” The beauty of Gurung Mali village will stay forever and people will be more prosperous since they are more productive now,”

“If we don’t try to change our condition, who else will change it for us?” (p.5) The word ‘it’ refers to….

• change

• group

• situation

• village

• condition

The main idea of the first paragraph is….

• This would make people be able to do more activities at night without any limitation.

• The night in the village of Gurung Mali in Sintang district of West Kalimantan was colder and darker

• The enchanting beauty of Gurung Mali village during the day felt short and the night was very long.

• People couldn’t do anything other than go to bed, including a man named Nayau.

• Nayau often contemplated what he could do so that the beauty of his village could be seen even longer.