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Soal Narrative Text Kelas 9

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Jumlah questions: 20
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Nama instruktur: Gita Ardilla

1. 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?”

What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?

a) To graze on the level ground b) To climb up higher

c) To be his dinner d) To be his friend

2. “Aren’t you cold up there in the wind?”

The word ‘there’ refers to ….

a) Grass b) A high cliff

c) Ground d) Sheltered area

3. What can we learn from the story above?

a) Don’t easily beat other creatures b) Don’t easily believe in well behaved creatures

c) Don’t judge others by their appearance d) Don’t look down to other creatures

4. From the story we know ….

a) The wolf was going to fight with the wolf b) The wolf was a helpful animal

c) The goat was very hungry d) The wolf was eager to eat the goat
5. One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived
far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in
front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my
mother but my money is not enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He
bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.
After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said” yes please! You can
take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave.
Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was
still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose
flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.

We can learn that we have to ….

a) Keep our mother alive b) Buy flowers for our mothers

c) Show our loves to our mother d) Obey to our mother

6. What did the man do after buying the girl a red rose?

a) He went to his own home b) He placed the rose on his mother’s grave

c) He took the girl to her mother’s cemetery d) He gave her a ride to her home

7. The main idea of the first paragraph is …

a) A sad girl was thinking of her mother b) A girl needed a man to deliver her a flower

c) A man bought a flower for a girl d) A man helped a girl by buying her a flower

8. A Milkmaid had been in the meadow to milk her cows. Now she was returning home with a pail of milk on her
hand.
She thought, "I will make cream and butter out of this milk. Then after selling them, I will buy eggs. And when
they hatch, I shall have a good poultry farm".
She further thought, "I shall sell some of my chickens and buy a fine dress. Seeing it on my body at the party, all
the boys will admire me. But I will turn them away".
She went on day dreaming; she forgot about the pail on her head. She moved her head suddenly and the pail of
milk came tumbling down. It was broken and all the milk split.
"Dear, 0 dear!" she cried, "I have lost mine all".

What did the milk-maid carry on her hand?

a) A pail of milk b) Some butter

c) Some cream d) A pail of eggs

9. What does the text tell us about?

a) A pail of milk b) A hardworking girl

c) A day dreaming milk-maid d) Spilt milk

10. What can we learn from the story above?

a) Don't cry before you are hurt b) Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

c) Don't cry over the split milk d) Don't dream when you sleep

11. An ant nimbly running in search of food came across a chrysalis that was close its time to change. The
chrysalis moved and this attracted the attention of the ant who for the first time realized that it was a living
thing. "Poor, pitiable animal!", cried the ant disdainfully "what a sad fate is yours! While I can run with my
pleasure, you lie imprisoned here in your shell". The chrysalis heard all this, but did not try to make any reply.
After a few days, when the ant passed that way again, nothing but the shell remained. Wondering what had
happened to its content, he felt himself suddenly shaded and fanned by the gorgeous wings of a beautiful
butterfly. "Behold in me," said the butterfly, "your much pitied friend!". So the butterfly rose in the air and lost in
the summer breeze.

What happened to the chrysalis after few days?

a) The ant felt happy for the butterfly b) The chrysalis had gone from the shell

c) The chrysalis had become a butterfly d) The ant felt sad about chrysalis death

12. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

a) The ant was feeling sorry for the chrysalis b) The chrysalis lie imprisoned

c) Chrysalis is a animal d) The ant goes around to have fun

13. The text generally tells us about ....

a) The changing of the chrysalis b) The ant and the chrysalis

c) The adventure of an ant d) The regret of the ant

14. From the text we can learn that ....

a) Freedom is everything in life b) We have to take revenge

c) We have to be arrogant to others d) The appearance may be deceptive

15. Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Java that was attacked by another kingdom. The king asked his
Queen to save her life. Alas! In the middle of the jungle, the enemy killed all her guards. However, the Queen
was lucky because she changed herself into a golden snail and survived.
One day, an old woman saw the snail and took it home. She looked after it. Whenever the old woman was not
at home, the snail turned into a human being. She cooked and did the household chores. When the old woman
got home, the Queen quickly changed into a snail again. It happened several times and made the old woman
curious. One day, the old woman peeped and saw what was going on. She broke in, immediately. She asked,
"Why did you change yourself into a snail?". The Queen told her what happened. The old woman was surprised
to know that the snail was a Queen.
Later, from the head of the village they discovered that the king had won the battle and he was looking for his
wife. Then the village head sent a message to the king telling him that his wife was safe.
Several days later, the King and his guards came for the queen. They thanked the villagers for their kindness
and brought the old women to their palace.

What happened when the old woman found the snail?

a) She helped it to find the queen's husband b) She reported it to the head of the village

c) She brought it to her house and took care of it d) It helped cleaning and cooking in her house

16. What does the second paragraph tell you about?

a) The old woman who looked after a snail b) The enemy who attacked the kingdom

c) The king's guards who were killed by enemy d) The queen lived as a golden snail

17. In the end of the story, the old woman live in ....

a) The village heads b) The middle of the jungle

c) The king's palace d) A small village

18. A man and his son were going to the market. While they were walking, a country man passed and said, “You
fool, what a donkey for but to ride upon?”
So the man put the boy on the donkey. But soon, some passersby said, “See that lazy, young steer. He lets his
father walk while he rides.”
So the man ordered his boy to get off and got on himself, but the passerby said, “Shame on… that lazy old
man, he lets his poor son walk, while he rides.”
The man did not know what to do. Last, he took his boy on the donkey. Then the passerby said, “Aren’t you
ashamed of yourself for overloading the poor donkey?”
The man and the boy got off. They cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it and raised the pole to their
shoulders. They arrived to a bridge when the donkey, getting one of its feet loose, kick all out and caused the
boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle, the donkey fell over the bridge and then it was drowned.

Why did the boy get off from the donkey?

a) The boy wanted to be with the donkey b) His father asked him to do that

c) The donkey was tired carrying him d) The passerby needed him

19. “… tied the donkey’s feet to it ….” (last paragraph).

The underlined word refers to ….

a) The market b) The pole

c) The donkey d) The river

20. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

a) The man and his son took a rest near the bridge b) The man’s behavior made the donkey alive

c) The man and his donkey arrived at the market d) The donkey was carried by its owners