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                   B. Reading Comprehension                                                                    6.  What happened to the giant when Timun Mas threw the seeds from

                       1.  Why was Mbok Randa pray every night?                                                    the first bag?

                           Mbok Randa prayed to God every night to get a child because her                         The seeds instantly grew into the huge cucumber fields. The giant

                           husband had passed away a long time ago so she lived there alone.                       ate them all, so that she could run further. However, it was giving

                       2.  What was the promise that Mbok Randa must keep with the giant?                          the giant more strength to chase the Timun Mas.

                           The giant could give her a child but Mbok Randa should give the                     7.  Why did the giant get scratched?

                           child back to him when she was seventeen years old; Mbok Randa                          The giant get scratched because the needles that Timun Mas spilled

                           agreed his offer.                                                                       magically turned into the lush bamboo trees which were thorny.

                       3.  What did Mbok Randa find after the seeds grew?                                      8.  How did the giant get drowned?

                           Mbok Randa found huge golden cucumber with a cute baby girl                             Timun Mas opened the last bag and threw it, which was the shrimp

                           inside.                                                                                 paste and made the soil became the large swamp of boiling mud.

                       4.  Why Mbok Randa had to see the holy man? What did he give and                            Finally, the giant was trapped there and the mud drowned him.

                           tell her?                                                                           9.  What is the main idea of this text?

                           Mbok Randa had to see the holy man because he could help to save                        The text tells us a story of Timun Mas and her efforts to fight

                           her daughter. He gave 4 little bags for Timun Mas and asked Mbok                        against a giant also her devotion to her mother.

                           Randa to tell Timun Mas to use it one by one.                                       10. What is the moral of the story?

                       5.  What was Mbok Randa say to Timun Mas about the bags?                                    The moral of this story is that we should always pray and do the

                           Mbok Randa told her daughter to run from the back door and took                         efforts to reach our wish and never give up.


                           the bags from a holy man with her to be used one by one.
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