Q&A Narrative Text

 Name : Hanifah Az Zahra

Class : XII IPS 2

The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house.  She planned to eat them both.  Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go.

Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children.  “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.

Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch.  The stepmother peeped through the window.  Her heart cried out when she saw the two children.

She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside.  The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push.  The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.

‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly.  I have done a dreadful thing.

I hope in time you will forgive me.  Let me take you home and become a family again.  They returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course they lived happily ever after!

1.       How did the stepmother find her children?

A.  She walked into the forest

B.  She got tired and met her children

C.  She peeped through the window of the witch’s cottage

D.  She fell into the cliff

E.  She was pushed against the wall

2.       Which statement is FALSE about the witch?

A.  She locked Hansel in a cage

B.  She planned to eat Hansel & Gretel

C.  She fell into the ocean

D.  She hated the children

E.  She set Gretel to clean the house

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories.  There were only a few villages.  If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest.

One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother.  She brought along her baby son.  When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “ it is getting dark.  Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest.”

So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby.  When they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves.  They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down.  At once the wolves caught him.  The young woman cried to the wolves, “ please eat my own son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away.  Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind.  She had offered her own son’s life to save her nephew.

They ran back to the house and called for help.  All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back with her into the forest.  When they got there, they saw something very strange.  Instead of eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.

3.       What separated between one village to another a long time ago in the New Territories ?

A.  Another village

B.  Mountains

C.  Forests

D.  Hills

E.  Towers and logs

4.       Who was Ah Tim ?

A.  The young woman’s brother

B.  The young woman’s son

C.  The young woman’s brother and nephew

D.  The young woman’s brother’s son

E.  One of the men who fetched a stick

5.       The brother let her son go with his aunt as she left home because ….

A.  Ah Tim wanted to see the wolves

B.  His aunt wanted him to come long

C.  Ah Tim was bored to live with his parents

D.  The baby was too cute to be alone

E.  Ah Tim would be a guardian for them