DAILY TEST 1

FOR 9TH GRADE STUDENT Answer the following questions based on the text!

The Story of Hare and Tortoise

A Once upon a time in a forest there was an arrogant hare who
wanted to prove that he was better than everybody else, so
Answer the following questions based on the text! he chose the slowest animal in the forest, the tortoise, and
invited him to a five mile race.
Three Sheiks and Maura
The tortoise accepted his challenge and trained hard for the
Maura, who like to be thought of as the most beautiful and event, while the hare walked around boasting that he was
powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she going to humiliate the tortoise and make him look stupid.
discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks.
The day of the race dawned. The tortoise set off at a slow and
The three sheiks were all equally young and handsome. They
steady pace, while the hare was dancing around laughing at
were also rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who
him; other animals were laughing too, including the rabbit, the
would be the best of them.
badger, and even the little hedgehog.
One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp
The hare became exhausted from all his dancing around, so
of the three sheiks. As they were about to have dinner, Maura
he decided to have a nap. When he awoke, he realised that a
asked them for something to eat. The first gave her some left
few hours had passed and the tortoise was nowhere to be
over food. The second Sheik gave her some unappetizing
seen. The hare panicked and ran the whole course as fast as
camel’s tail. The third sheik, who was called Hakim, offered
he could, which was very fast indeed.
her some of the most tender and tasty meat. After dinner, the
As he reached the top of the final hill, he could see the finish
disguised queen left the sheik’s camp.
line in the distance, with the tortoise walking slowly across it,
The following day, the queen invited the three sheiks to the victor.
dinner at her palace. She ordered her servant to give each
1. What is the kind of the text above?
one exactly what they had given her the evening before.
2. What is the social function of the text above?
Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat
3. Where did the story take place?
it if the other two sheiks could not share it with him.
4. Why did the hare choose the tortoise in five mile race?
This Sheik Hakim’s act finally convinced Queen Maura that 5. How did the hare behave?
he was the man for her. “Without question, Hakim is the most 6. What did tortoise do after accepting the hare’s challenge?
generous of you” she announced her choice to the sheiks. 7. Why did the hare become exhausted?
“So it is Hakim I will marry”. 8. Why did the hare panick?
9. The word “exhausted” has similar meaning to .........
1. What is the kind of the text above?
10.What can we learn from the story?
2. What is the social function of the text above?
3. Who is Maura?
4. Why did Maura become hard to decide who would be the
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best among of the three sheiks?
5. When did Maura go to the camp of the three seikhs?
6. Who gave some unappetizing camel’s tail?
7. Why did Maura disguise herself to go to the camp of the
three sheiks?
8. Why did Maura choose Hakim as her husband?
9. The word “generous” has similar meaning to ......
10.What can we learn from the story above?

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DAILY TEST 1

FOR 9TH GRADE STUDENT