The Story of Panyalahan VillageLong time ago in Tasikmalaya, West Java lived a young couple. They were farmers. They lived happily with their baby. The couple also had some animals, one of them was a tiger. As usual, the couple went to the paddy field. Before they left, they asked the tiger to take care of their baby. When the couple went to work on the paddy field, the tiger looked after their baby.
We will go to the field now. Take are of our baby, okay? The tiger nodded. Then the couple when to the field. They worked from morning until afternoon. When the couple arrived at home the tiger welcomed them. The tiger acted differently. He wagged hi tail and rubbed his body to the couple’s legs. He looked very happy. The husband became suspicious.
Why does this tiger behave strangely? He does not act as usual, he thought. The husband looked at the tiger carefully. He was shocked. The tiger’s mouth was full of blood. Then he remembered his baby. He thought that the tiger had eaten the baby.
Why is your mouth full of blood? He asked the tiger. You must have done something bad to my baby! Have you killed him? Why did you do that? He was very panicked. He killed the tiger in anger. Then they both entered the house they were shocked. The looked at each other. Their baby was sleeping peacefully in his cradle. He was not eaten by the tiger. Quickly, the wife took the baby and kissed him. The baby woke up. He opened his eyes and smiled. The couple found a very large snake under the cradle. The snake was dead and full of blood.
Oh, my wife, the husband said. We have done a terrible thing. The tiger is not wrong! Look at the dead snake. The tiger must have killed him. He saved our baby, but I killed him. Oh…. What have I done? I am so sorry. Forgive me, my dear tiger. Forgive me, please!
The couple felt very guilty. They had killed their faithful tiger. It all happened because they did not check the baby first before they killed the tiger. Since then, the couple’s village was called Panyalahan. The word Panyalahan derives from the word nyalahan, which means wrong guesses

1. Where did the couple live?
A. They lived in Tasikmalaya, West Java
B. They lived in Garut, West Java
C. They lived in Sukabumi, West Java
D. They lived in Karawang, West Java
E. They lived in Cirebon, West Java

2. Who looked after the farmer’s baby when they went to the field?
A. A tiger
B. A lion
C. A bird
D. A snake
E. A turtle

3. What did the tiger do when the farmer couple came back from the field?
A. He stood beside the couple
B. He rubbed his body to the couple’s feet
C. He felt hungry and pounced the couple
D. The wagged his tail and rubbed his body to the couple’s legs
E. He wagged his tail and swirled around the couple

4. Why was the tiger’s mouth full of blood?
A. Because the tiger killed the lion
B. Because the tiger killed a large snake
C. Because the tiger pounced the baby
D. Because the tiger pounced the couple
E. Because the tiger killed the people in the village

5. Why did the farmer kill the tiger?
A. Because the farmer saw the tiger ate meat in the house
B. Because the farmer heard the tiger killed people in the village
C. Because the farmer guessed the tiger pounced a man in the village
D. Because the farmer saw the tiger had hid something at house
E. Because the farmer guessed the tiger killed the baby

6. They had killed their faithful tiger (paragraph 6)
The italicized word have the same meaning with these words, except….
A. Loyal
B. Staunch
C. Trusty
D. Betray
E. Lovable

7. What is the moral value of the text?
A. We must forgive others
B. We must make decision carefully
C. We must investigate the fact before we decide to do something
D. Don’t be a person who cannot control the emotion
E. We must believe our people

8. What is the generic structure of the text?
A. Orientation – complication – conclusion
B. Orientation – complication – resolution
C. Complication – problems – resolution
D. Orientation – resolution – complication
E. Resolution – complication – orientation

9. These linguistic features are in he text, except….
A. simple past tense
B. saying verbs
C. actions verbs
D. present continuous tense
E. conjunctions

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