Latihan Soal Narrative Text

Text 1

A farmer came across a bird with a broken wing. He picked it up, took it home and looked after it lovingly, even though his wife complained bitterly about his wasting too much time on the creature.

After a while, the wing healed and because the bird did not want the farmer to have continue arguing with his wife all the time, it decided to return to its nest.

When the farmer discovered that the bird was gone, he was so upset that he went out to look for it. Eventually, he found it again, and was greeted happily by the birds’ family. As a sign of gratitude, they gave him a little box, and told him not to open it until he got home.

To his surprise, the farmer found the box full of precious stones. When his wife saw them, she decided that she too deserved a reward and she wanted to see the birds. The birds gave her a little casket, but it was full of devils. The devils jumped on her as soon as she opened the casket and chased her away.

Left alone, the farmer went to live near his friend, the bird. There he built a hut of perfumed wood and the birds decorated it with flowers of every kind. 

1. “He picked it up, took it home and looked after it lovingly, . . .(Paragraph 1)

      The underlined words mean . . .

a. brought            d. broke

b. took care          e. sought

c. healed

2.  Which of the following statements do you agree with?

a. The farmer chased his wife away.

b. The farmer lived happily with his wife.

c. The farmer’s wife took care of the bird.

d. The bird was grateful to the farmer.

e. The farmer’s wife was a very kind woman.

3. The bird’s family gave the farmer . . .

a. a little box of sand

b. a box full of precious stones.

c. a little casket.

d. a little casket full of devils.

e. an empty box.

4.  Where did the farmer live after her wife away?

a. In his previous house.

b. In his wife's house.

c. In a hut with his wife.

d. Near his wife.

e. Near his friend, the bird.

5.  What do we learn from the text?

a. A gift shows kindness.

b. Sufferings bring happiness.

c. Arguing makes you distressed.

d. A good deed deserves a reward.

e. Having no heart makes you isolated.

Text 2

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.

 Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.

 One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.

 The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

1. What type of text is the above text? It is …

A. a narrative text

B. a description text

C. a recount text

D. an anecdote text

E. an expository text

2. What destroyed the homes of all rats?

A. a group of mice did

B. the hunter did

C. elephant-hunter did

D. a group of elephant did

E. elephant's herd

3. What helped the elephant's herd free?

A. the elephant-hunter did

B. the hunters did

C. the trapped elephants did

D. a group of king did

E. entire group of rats did

4. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a  tree in peace"?

A. Identification

B. Orientation

 C. Complication

 D. Resolution

 E. Description

5. At the end of the story, how was the elephant's herd?

A. angry

B. sad

C. happy

D. dead

E. disappointed