Latihan Soal - Narrative Text

Money Isn′t Everything

Donald, Daisy, Huey, Louie and Dewey all went to visit Uncle Scrooge one cold autumn day. They knocked at the door and had to wait a long time before all the bolts were undone. Even then Uncle Scrooge looked very suspicious, as if they were Beagle Boys in disguise. The old miser was very surprised to see them all.

"Well, well. I suppose you'd better come in," he croaked at the door

"Have you got a sore throat, Great-Uncle Scrooge?" chirped Louie.

"Don't be cheeky, Louie!" scolded Daisy.

"Stuff and nonsense!" croaked Uncle Scrooge. "I have got a sore throat! The young lad's right."

"Sorry to hear that, Uncle," said Donald sympathetically. "Should I send Dewey out to get you some cough drops?"

"No. They cost too much money nowadays," complained the old miser. "I'd rather suffer the tickle in my throat."

"You don't seem very happy, Uncle Scrooge," soothed Daisy.

"Mind your own business!" snapped Uncle Scrooge.

"Poor old Great-Uncle Scrooge," chirped Dewey, who had jumped up to sit on his Great-Uncle's knee.

"What do you mean—poor Great-Uncle Scrooge!" chuckled Uncle Scrooge. "I've got more money than Fort Knox."

"What I meant," explained Dewey, "was that I had a sore throat too, and I hardly have any money. But I bought some cough drops." With that Dewey pulled out his box of cough drops and gave them to Uncle Scrooge.

"You can have my cough drops, Uncle," smiled Dewey, "because they cured my sore throat."

Uncle Scrooge didn't know what to say. But one great big tear rolled down his face.

"Poor Great-Uncle Scrooge," echoed the triplets.

Taken from Story a Day, 1983

Try to answer the following questions.

1. What is the theme of the story?

2. How many characters are there in the story?

3. Can you describe the characteristics of each character? How can you know?

4. Where did the story take place?

5. How does the story end?

6. What does the clause "all the bolts were undone" in paragraph 1 tell you about?

7. Can you find some moral values implied in the story? State the textual evidence to support your answer.

Find the words in the text which have the following definitions.

1. said something in a sharp voice

2. made a deep, hoarse sound

3. changing the appearance in order not to be recognized

4. metal bars that slide into a socket to lock a door

5. three children born to the same mother at one time

6. having an itching feeling

7. person who loves money and spends as little as possible

8. having a feeling that something is wrong, somebody has done wrong, etc.

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