Appendix 1

PRELIMINARY TEST

Subject : English Day/Date :

Text type : Narrative Text Skill : Reading
Grade : VIII Time Allocation : 40 minutes

Choose the best answer by crossing A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

Text 1. The following text is for questions number 1-6.

The Lion and The Mouse
Once when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began up and down upon him; this soon awoke
the lion, who placed his huge paw upon the mouse, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.
“Pardon, O King” cried the little mouse “forgive me this time. I shall never forget it: who
knows I may be able to do you a good turn some of these days? ”. The lion was so tickled at
the idea of the mouse being able to help him. Then he lifted up his paw and let him go.
One day the lion was caught in a trap. Some hunters who to carry him alive to the king, tied
him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him in. Just then the little mouse
happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was. The little mouse went up to
him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the king of the beats. Soon the little mouse
had finished gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away.
(Taken from: http://www.wikipedia.org)
1. What is the moral lesson from the text?
A. Don’t look at someone because of his clothes.
B. It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
C. Common people may prove great ones.
D. United we stand, divided we fall.
2. Paragraph three mainly tells that…
A. the little mouse asked forgiveness.
B. the hunters carried the lion alive to the king.
C. the lion was tied to a tree by the hunters.
D. the little mouse could prove that he could help the lion.
3. What did the little mouse do to prove his words?
A. He tried hard to help the lion free.
B. He ran up and down upon the lion.
C. He asked for apology to the king of the beast.
D. He tied the lion to the tree so that the hunters could carry him.
4. The word “huge” (p.1) means very….
 A. old.
B. large.
C. tall.
D. giant.
5. Where did the story take place?
A. In the kingdom.
B. In the zoo.
C. In the jungle.
D. In the village.
6. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. To inform the readers.
B. To retell the writer’s past experience.
C. To describe characteristics of someone or something.
D. To amuse and educate the readers.

Text 2. The following text is for questions number 7-10.

Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time, there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood. The girl walked through
the woods to deliver food to her grandmother. A wolf wanted to eat her but was afraid to do
so in public. The wolf approached the girl. She naively told him where she was going. He
advised the girl to pick up some flowers. She really did it. In the meantime, he went to the
grandmother’s house and gained entry by pretending to be the girl. He ate the grandmother
and waited for the girl. He disguised as the grandmother by wearing her clothes. When the
girl arrived, she did not realize that it was a wolf. Then the wolf ate the girl too. After eating
them, the wolf fell asleep beside the river. Suddenly, a hunter came. He saw a large wolf’s
belly and knew what had been done by the wolf. Then he rescued them by releasing them out
from the belly of the wolf. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother emerged unharmed.
They filled the wolf’s stomach with heavy stones, and threw the wolf into the river.
(Adapted from: www.wikipedia.org)

7. What is the story about?

A. A wolf who wanted to eat Little Red Riding Hood’s food.
B. Little Red Riding Hood who delivered food for a wolf.
C. Little Red Riding Hood who lost in the wood and then met an evil wolf.
D. An evil wolf who wanted to eat Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.
8. Why did Little Red Riding Hood not realize the wolf disguised as her grandmother?
A. Because she was blind.
B. Because she was still a little girl.
C. Because the wolf wore little riding hood’s clothes.
D. Because the wolf wore grandmother’s clothes.
9. Who did save Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother from the wolf?
A. The hunter.
 B. The stranger.
C. The grandfather.
D. No one.
10. What does the word “her”, in sentence 10, refer to?
A. The grandmother.
B. The wolf.
C. Little Red Riding Hood.
D. The girl.

PROTOTYPE OF PRELIMINARY TEST

1. A
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. A

The Result of Preliminary Test

N Scor
o Name e
1 Akbar Abdul Gofur 30
2 Alenta Nopitasani 80
3 Amelia Ayu Putri 60
4 Arentia Agustin 60
5 Aulia Az Zahra Setiawan 30
6 Dea Suci Ramadani 50
7 Dwi Istiyanto 50
8 Eghie Daffa Wisya Syabana 50
9 Ellis Kurnia 20
10 Elvi Larasuwati 30
11 Galuh Oktapiana 50
12 Lilik Meliana 70
13 Meilani Azahra 40
14 Muhammad Herdian Meysya. S 30
15 Nadia Nur Maineisa 40
16 Nirmala Sari 20
17 Panji Saputra 50
18 Raffly Alfaridzi Reva Dinata 40
19 Rahmad Hidayat 20
20 Refa Justika 80