“Once upon a time a hawk felt in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, “Will you marry me?”
The hen loved the brave, strong hawk and wishes to marry him. But she said, “I cannot fly as high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then, we can fly together.”
The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. “This is to show that you have promised to marry me,” said the hawk.
So it happened that at the same time the hen had already promised to marry a rooster.
So, when the rooster saw the ring, he became very angry. “Throw that ring away at once!
Didn’t you tell the hawk that youhad already promised to marry me?” shouted the rooster.
The hen was so frightened at the rooster anger that she threw away the ring immediately.
When the hawk came the next day, the hen told him the truth. The hawk was so furious so he cursed the hen. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Now, you will always be scratching the earth, and Iwill always be flying above you to catch your children.” said the hawk.
The curse seems to have come true.
1. What is the genre of the text?
a. Descriptive c. Narrative e. News item
b. Recount d. Procedure
2. Why couldn’t the hen say “yes” right away?
a. because she did not love the hawk b. because she had no ring to exchange c. because it would make the roaster angry d. because the hawk was too brave and strong
e. because she had to learn how to fly as high as the hawk 3. What is the story about?
a. A hen and a rooster b. A hawk and his wife c. A hen and her children d. A rooster and his fiance e. A hawk, a hen and a rooster
4. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen,
”Will you marry me?”(Paragraph 1).
What does the underlined utterance mean?
a. The hen wanted to marry the hawk b. The hen refused to marry the hawk c. The hen agreed to be the hawk’s wife d. The hawk proposed the hen to be his wife e. The hawk wanted to marry the hen at the sky 5. What can we learn from the story? We have to ….
a. take care of our children b. keep our promise c. love one another d. listen to other
e. marry soon
