LATIHAN SOAL (9th Grade)
NARRATIVE TEXT
Name : …………………….…….. Class : 9 - …… Student Number : ………
A. Choose the best answer by crossing (X) A B, C, or D.
Question number 1 to 4. Read the text and answer the questions below.
Joko Tarub
Joko Tarub lived in the village near the jungle. He lived with his
mother. His father passed away when he was a child. Joko Tarub had a
hobby. His hobby was hunting some birds. He brought a blowpipe as his
gun.
One day he went to the jungle to hunt some birds. He wandered
around the jungle. He couldn’t see any birds to hunt. He felt very tired and
thirsty. He went to the river near the waterfall.
Joko Tarub was surprised because there were some beautiful angels
taking shower there. He took one of their dresses. Without this dress she
couldn’t fly back to her home.
Joko Tarub came close to the angel and asked her to go home to his
house. Finally, Joko Tarub married with the angel.
1. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Joko Tarub passed away in the jungle
B. Joko Tarub tried to hunt the birds in the jungle
C. Joko married with the angel
D. Joko Tarub felt very tired and thirsty
2. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To tell the readers that Joko Tarub was a good man
B. To show how to tell the story about Joko Tarub
C. To describe Joko Tarub
D. To entertain the readers
3. ….. His father passed away when he was a child. (Paragraph 1)
The underlined word means ________.
A. passed C. went somewhere
B. died D. lost
4. What can we learn from the story?
A. We must marry with the angel C. We must be responsible on what we did
B. As good people, we must hunt the birds D. Don’t take a shower in waterfall
5. The characters in the story above are __________
(choose 3 answers)
Joko Tarub Joko Tarub’s mother
the angels waterfall
blowpipe child
The text below is for answering questions number 6 to 10.
Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a river but he couldn’t swim. He had an
idea. He saw a boss of crocodile swimming in the river. The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile,”
how many crocodiles are there in the river?” The boss of crocodile answered, “we are twenty
here”. “Where are they?” the rabbit asked for the second time. “What is it for?” The boss of
crocodile asked.
“All of you are good, nice, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I
will know how kind you are,” said the rabbit. Then the boss of crocodile called all his friends
and asked them to make a line in order from one side to the other side of the river. Just then,
the rabbit started to count while jumping from one crocodile to another: one… two…
three… four… until twenty, and finally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the
river.
6. Where did the story happen?
A. It happened in the jungle C. It happened in the river
B. It happened in the swamps D. It happened in the zoo
7. What is the main idea of the 2nd paragraph?
A. The rabbit was crossing the river C. The rabbit didn’t know how to cross the river
B. The crocodile was tricking the rabbit D. The crocodile was having a meeting
8. The above story tells us about?
A. Crocodiles that wanted to eat a rabbit C. Crocodiles that wanted to cross the river
B. A rabbit that wanted to cross the river D. A rabbit that wanted to eat crocodiles
9. From the above story we can learn ________.
A. don’t hesitate to help others C. pay kindness with kindness
B. be friendly with anyone D. use your brain to solve your problem
10. The text is written in order to ________.
A. show the story to all of the readers C. amuse the readers about the story
B. invite the readers to read the story D. describe the rabbit and crocodile story
