Narrative Text : Mah Bongsu and a Snake

Many years ago, there lived a poor orphan girl named Mah Bongsu. She worked as a maid for a rich woman named Mak Piah.  Mak Piah and her daughter Mayang always treated her badly. Mak Piah always instructed her to work hard and often didn’t give her enough food.

One day, when Mah Bongsu was washing her clothes by the river, she saw a big snake approaching. She was about to run away when she saw the snake bleeding. Mah Bongsu took pity on it and took it home to cure it.

While Mah Bongsu was attending to it, the snake peeled its skin. Apparently, the skin turned into gold! Mah Bongsu was happy. Every day, the same thing happened and as a result. She became wealthy. She quit working for Mak Piah.

Mak Piah was curious how Mah Bongsu accumulated her wealth. She spied in Mah Bongsu’s house and found out that it was the snake which gave her wealthy.

Soon Mak Piah asked her daughter Mayang to go to the river to find a wounded snake. Mayang found one and took it home. However, they didn’t treat the snake with love, so the snake bit them, which resulted in their death.

Meanwhile, the snake at Mah Bongsu’s house recovered. One day, Mah Bongsu didn’t find it. Instead, she found a handsome man at the spot where the snake was. Apparently, a witch had turned the man into a snake.

The man, who was actually a prince, asked Mah Bongsu to marry him. Mah Bongsu agreed. Since then, people named the river where Mah Bongsu found the snake Sungai Jodoh.

1.       How did Mah Bongsu get the gold?

A.      From the peeled skin of the snake

B.      From the head of the  snake

C.      It was vomitted by the snake

D.      From the egg of the snake

2.       From the text we can conclude that….

a.       Mak Piah and Mayang failed to steal the snake from Mah Bongsu

b.      Mah Bongsu married a prince

c.       Mayang became Mah Bongsu’s maid

d.      Mayang married a prince

3.       “One day, Mah Bongsu didn’t find it….” (Paragraph 4)

What does “it” refer to …..

a.       The snake 

b.      The spot

c.       The man

d.      The river 

4. “She became wealthy..” (Paragraph 2)

 The underlined word has similar meaning with …..

a.       Poor            

b.      Popular

c.       Rich

d.      Famous