English 4 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

WW 2.2
I. IDENTIFICATION (10 pts.)
Directions: Read each questions carefully, write your answer supported by your explanation/line
form the story.
1. Who is the narrator of the tale? Why can you say so?
2. How did Tonyo kill the manlalayug?
3. What type of point of view was used in the tale?
4. What was the real cause of the death of Apo’s great grandfather?
5. What was the reason why Tonyo’s brother teased him, calling him Sissy?
6. What weapon was used by Tonyo in order to wound or hurt the manlalyug?
7. When did Alejandro brought up the subject about the manlalayug to his brothers?
8. Why did Tonyo decided to went back home when he was sitting in the middle of the plaza?
9. What were the things that Apo were looking for to prove his hunch about the death of Budok?
10. What tone was established by the author when he wrote this statement? Overnight, I had
become Tonyo the Brave - and that was the name I become known for, for the rest of my life.

II. SEQUENCING OF EVENTS (7 pts.)

Directions: Arrange the following events from a to g (a as the first event and g as the last event)
according to the order of the story “The Tale of Tonyo the Brave”. Write your answer on the
space provided before each number. 1 point each.
_____ 1. Tonyo the Wimp was changed overnight into Tonyo the Brave until the rest of his life.
_____ 2. He decided to run back to their house, but when he reached the second rice field, he saw
the manlalayug.
_____ 3. The next day, the whole town searched for a wounded woman but they didn’t find her.
Eventually, the killings stopped after the incident of Tonyo with the manlalayug
_____ 4. The manlalayug slowly approached Tonyo and used its special power to lure him. But
when his dagger nicked him, he woke up as if it was a dream and realized that he is in a very
dangerous situation.
_____ 5. Tonyo quietly ran into the wide street and onto the open field until he reached the town
proper and he waited on a bench and heard the screeched of the bats and few chirped of the
crickets, and slowly he felt fear.
_____ 6. The three brothers told their parents about what Tonyo had done and they checked the
place where Tonyo and the Manlalayug fought but they couldn’t find anything, but only a puddle
of blood, dark and ominous in the moonlight.
_____ 7. Tonyo stabbed the manlalayug on her chest but it went pass through her body into thin
air, then he remembered what Apo said He stabbed the dagger backwards with all of his
strength, then he run as fast as he could back to their house.
III.ELEMENTS OF FICTION
Based from the Tale of Tonyo the Brave, analyze the tale using the Elements of Fiction.
Identify and specify your answers to each element. As many as you can find that relates to the
following element.

1. CHARACTERS (protagonist/antagonist, dynamic/static, flat/round):

2. SETTING (time, place, weather, condition):
3. THEME (sentence form):
4. TYPE OF CONFLICT and why?
5. TONE(overall tone), explain:
6. MOOD(attitude a reader felt about the tale

“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.”