DAILY TEST

NARRATIVE TEXT GRADE 9

The text below is for question 1-4

Tangkuban Perahu
Dayang Sumbi was exiled in the jungle, because she was unmarried but pregnant.  She gave a
birth to a baby boy and named him Sangkuriang .     
One day he went hunting with his dog, si Tumang. In the bush he saw a pig, Wayungyang. 
He wanted to shoot Wayungyang but si Tumang hindered him. He was angry at it and killed it, and
then took its heart home. When he told that it was si Tumang’s heart, she was very angry and hit
Sangkuriang’s head with a spoon.  And he ran away and left his mother to the east.  He did not know
himself and forgot his name. He was about 16 years of age.
After a long time Sangkuriang came back to the jungle where his mother lived.  She looked
younger than her age, so Sangkuriang fell in love with her.  “Will you marry me?’’ one day he asked
her. But Dayang Sumbi refused because she recognized that he was her son. He insisted to marry her
and Dayang Sumbi asked two marriage settlements.  One, he had to dammed Citarum river, and two,
had to make a boat in one night
Sangkuriang almost finished his work but Dayang Sumbi cheated him.  He was angry and kicked
the boat.  The boat fell upside down on the peak of mountain. It was known Tangkuban Perahu, at the
northern of Bandung, West Java.
1. Where is the legend from? It is from…
a. East java
b. West java
c. Central java
d. North java
2. Who is the main character of the story above?
a. Si tumang
b. Sangkuriang
c. Dayang sumbi
d. Sangkuriang’s mother
3. Why was dayang sumbi exiled in the jungle? Because she…
a. Was married and pregnant
b. Was unmarried and not pregnant
c. Was unmarried and pregnant
d. followed her husband
4. Why did dayang sumbi refuse sangkuriang proposal?
a. Because she recognized that he was her son
b. Because sangkuriang was ugly
c. Because sangkuriang was not rich
d. Because she had a husband

The text below is for questions 5-8

The Wolf and The Goat

A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought
of a fine goat dinner.
“My dear friend,” said the wolf in his sweetest voice, “aren’t you afraid you will fall down from that
cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground.” “No, thank
you,” said the goat.
“Well then,” said the wolf, “aren’t you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing
down here beside me in this sheltered area.” “No, Thank you,” said the goat. “But the grass tastes
better down here!” said the exasperated wolf, ”Why dine alone?” “My dear wolf,” the goat finally
said, “are you quite sure that it is My dinner you are worrying about and not your own?”

5. What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?
a. To be his friend

b. To graze on the level ground

c. To climb up higher
d. To climb up higher
6. “Aren’t you cold up there in the wind?” The word ‘there’ refers to ….
a. A high cliff
b. Sheltered area

c. Grass

d. Ground
7. What can we learn from the story above?
a. Don’t look down to other creatures

b. Don’t easily believe in well behaved creatures

c. Don’t judge others by their appearance

d. Don’t easily beat other creatures 

8. From the story we know ….
a. The goat was very hungry
b. The wolf was a helpful animal
c. The wolf was eager to eat the goat
d. The wolf was going to fight with the wolf
The text below is for questions 9-12

9. What is the story talk about?

a. Snow white story

b. Myth
 c. Fairy tales

d. Snow white and seven dwarfs

10. When did Snow White run away to the woods?

a. In the afternoon

b. In the morning

c. in the evening

d. In the middle of night

11. Why Snow White ran away to the woods?
a. Her parents passed away

b. Her uncle was angry with her

c. Her uncle and aunt would go to America

d. Snow White liked playing in the woods.

12. The next morning snow white ran away into the woods. The underlined word can be replaced by?
a. The river

b. The lake

c. The forest

d. The mountain
13. What is the social function of narrative text?
a. To describe something.

b. to tell past experiences.

c. to inform the readers about the news.

d. To tell stories or past events and entertain the readers.

14. One of the paragraphs in narrative text introduces the characters, the place and time the story takes
place, and sets the scene, which is called ....
a. Re-orientation

b. Complication

c. Orientation

d. Resolution
15. what is generic structure of Narrative?
a. reorientation, complication, resolution

b. Complication, resolution, orientation

c. Resolution orientation, complication

 d. Orientation, complication, resolution

The text below is for questions 16-20

Once upon a time, Roro Anteng and Joko Seger lived on the foot of Mount Bromo. – After six
years of marriage, they had not had any children. They prayed pleaded  to Gods for children. Their
prayer was granted in one condition. They should sacrifice their youngest son to the Bromo crater
After sometime, Roro Anteng gave birth to a child, and it happened every year until they
had 25 children. They lived happy and forgot about the agreement. The mount Bromo erupted
signalling that the Gods asked the couple to fulfil their promise. But they didn’t want their youngest
son, Raden Kusuma, to be sacrificed to the crater.
Raden Kusuma learned about the deal his parents had made. Meanwhile the lava from the
crater had made the people Living near the mountain suffered. Since Raden Kusurna was a kind and
noble man, he didn’t want his siblings and other people suffered because of him. He went to Mount
Bromo and sacrificed himself to the crater. The eruption suddenly stopped. After that day, the Tengger
people have given offerings to the crater, as Raden Kusumah had sacrificed himself before.

16. The story is mainly about….

a. brave sacrifice
b. unwanted signal
c. unfulfilled promise
d. unrealistic condition
17. Their prayer was granted in one condition (paragraph 1, line 4). The underlined has similar
meaning with...
a. refused
b. rejected
c. denied
d. given
18.  Why did the mount Bromo erupt?
a. The couple had 25 children
b. Their youngest son sacrificed himself
c. The Gods asked the couple to fulfil their promise
d. The lava made the people near the mountain suffered
19. The mount Bromo erupted signalling that the Gods asked the couple to fulfil their promise. The
underlined words refers to ...
a. The Gods
b. Roro Anteng and Joko Seger
c. Twenty five children
d. Raden Kusuma
20. The best arrangement of the jumbled words above is ....
himself – to – the – save – He – sacrificed – people
      1         2      3        4       5             6               7
a. 5–4–1–2–6–3–7
b. 5–6–3–7–2–4–1
c. 5–4–7–2–3–6–1
d. 5–6–1–2–4–3–7
KUNCI JAWABAN

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A