The Story of The Smart Parrot

The Story of the Smart Parrot
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no another parrot like it. It
was very, very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the
name of the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano. The man tried to
teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the word. At first the man was very
nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word? Sat Catano,
or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the
shouted over and over, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird wouldn’t talk. One day
after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry. He picked
up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You are more stupid than the chickens.
Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.” In the chicken house there are four old
chickens. They were for Sunday’s dinner. The man put the parrot in the chicken house and
left. The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped.
He was very surprised at what he saw! He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot
was screaming at the fourth chicken, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!
1. Where does the story take place?

A. London C. Jakarta
B. Puerto Rico D. Buenos Aires
2. What is the word that the parrot cannot say?
A. Catano C. Canato
B. Tacano D. Nacato
3. How often did the owner teach the bird how to say the word?
A. Always C. Many times
B. Everyday D. Every second
4. Which statement is true according to the text?
A. The parrot could say Catano
B. At last the parrot could say Catano
C. Catano was the name at the parrot
D. The man never got angry at the parrot
5. What does the man do to the bird because the bird cannot say the name of a place.
A. The man ate the bird.
B. The sold the bird.
C. The man killed the bird.
D. The man taught the bird.
6. It is most likely that ….
A. The bird killed the three chickens.
B. The three chickens killed the bird.
C. The bird played with the chicken.
D. The bird killed one of the three chickens.
7. What is the story about?
A. A parrot and a cat
B. A parrot and a chicken
C. A parrot and the owner
D. A parrot, the owner, and chickens
8. “It was very, very smart”
The underlined word refers to ….
A. The man
B. The bird
C. The chicken
D. Puerto Rico
9. “The parrot was very, very smart”
The word ‘smart’ means ….
A. Stupid C. Stubborn
B. Clever D. Beautiful
10. “The parrot was screaming at the fourth chickens”
What does the underlined word mean?
A. Smiling C. Shouting
B. Crying D. Laugh
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, Tumang. In the bush he saw a pig, Wayungyang. He wanted to shoot Wayungyang
but Tumang hindered him. He was angry at it and killed it, and then took its heart home.
When he told that it was Tumang’s heart, she was very angry and hit Sang Kuriang’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 Sang Kuriang came back to
the jungle where his mother lived. She looked younger than her age, so Sang Kuriang 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 Sang Kuriang 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.
11. Where is the legend from?

A. East Java
B. West Java
C. Central Java
D. North Java
12. Who is the main character of the story above?

A. Si Tumang
B. Sangkuriang
C. Dayang Sumbi
D. Sangkuriang’s mother
Snow white
Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her aunt
and uncle because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the Castle
because they both wanted to go to town and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow
White. Snow white did not want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided it would be best
if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were
having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.
She was very tired and hungry. Then she saw this little Cottage . She knocked out but
no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep. Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were
coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then
Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?” Snow
white said, “My name is Snow White.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and
the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
13. The main character of the story is…

A. Princess
B. Snow White
C. Aunt
D. Cinderella
14. When did Snow White run away into the woods?
A. After breakfast
B. At noon
C. In the morning
D. At night
15. The genre of the text is….
A. Recount
B. Narrative
C News item
D. Procedure
16. How many paragraph in the text, there are……
A. 6
B. 3
C. 7
D. 2
17. The third paragraph takea place in the….
A. Little house
B. In the castle
C. In the woods
D. Little cottage
Cinderella
Once upon a time there was a wife of a rich man fell sick, and soon she closed her
eyes and departed. Every day, Cinderella went out to her mother’s grave, and wept, and she
remained pious and good .When winter came, the snow spread a white sheet over the grave,
and by the time the spring sun had drawn it off again, the man had taken another wife. The
woman had brought with her into the house two daughters, who were beautiful and fairy of
face but vile and black of heart. Since then a bad time for the poor step-child began.
One day the King gave orders for a festival and all the beautiful young girls in the
country were invited, in order that his son might choose himself a bride. When the two step-
sisters heard that they were to appear among the number, they were delighted, called
Cinderella and made to help them grooming, Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too
would have liked to go with them to dance, and begged her step-mother said” you cannot go
with us, you have no clothes and cannot dance.
When the step-mother and her daughters had gone away, Cinderella went to her
mother’s grave and cried, Shiver and Quiver, My little tree, silver and gold throw down over
me.” Suddenly a bird throw down a magnificent gold and silver dress to her, and were golden
too. At the party her step-sister and the step-mother however did not recognize her, and
thought she must be a foreign princess, for she looked so beautiful in the golden dress.
18.What is the tittle of that text?

A.Cinderella
B. Timun mas
C. Princess
D. Roro Jonggrang
19. What is the character of Cinderella’s step mother?
A. Kind
B. Good
C. Cruel
D. Friendly
20.How many step sisters that Cinderella has?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Five
D. Seven
21.What kind of work that Cinderella’s step mother wants?
A. Wash clothes
B. Sleeping
C. Watching TV
D. Shopping
22.What Cinderella has to go to a party?
A. Expensive shoes
B. Cheap shoes
C. Glass shoes
D. Black shoes
22. Why the prince asks Cinderella to be his wife?
A. Because she can fit glass shoes
B. Because she is cruel
C. Because she is the only woman in the party
D. Because Cinderella is friendly woman
23. Who changed Cinderella?
A. Her step mother
B. Her step sister
C. Her pixie
D. Her parents
24.What kind of text above?
A.Descriptive text
B. Recount text
C. Narrative text
D.Explanation text
25. How many people in that text?
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
26.Who is the main character in that text?
A. Step mother
B. Step sister
C. Cinderella
D. Neighbor
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 could up there in the
wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area. But the
grass tastes better down here! Said the exasperated wolf, the goat finally said, are you quite
sure that it is my dinner you are worrying about and not your own?
27. What is the tittle of that text?
A. A fox
B. A goat
C. A fox and a goat
D. An old man and the fox
28. What kind of text above?
A. Narrative
B. Recount
C. Descriptive
D. Spoof
29. 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 goat was going to fight with the wolf
30. How many characters in that text?
A. Three
B. Five
C. Four
D. Two

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1. Where does the story take place?

11. Where is the legend from?

12. Who is the main character of the story above?

13. The main character of the story is…

18.What is the tittle of that text?

The Wolf and the Goat

C. A fox and a goat

D. An old man and the fox

28. What kind of text above?

29. 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 goat was going to fight with the wolf

30. How many characters in that text?

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