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WorksheetsNarrative Reading Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
