The Smell Of Fried Fish
A poor traveler stopped under a tree to eat his boiled rice and vegetables. A few meters away, there was small shop where a woman was frying fish and selling it to travelers who were able to afford to pay for it. This woman watched the poor traveler carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, “You have not paid me for the fried fish!”
“But I have not had any fried fish!” he said.
“But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables,” argued the woman.
Soon the crowd collected. Although they supported the poor traveler, they had to admit that the wind had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.
Finally, the woman took the poor traveler to a judge. He said. “The woman says that the traveler ate his meal with the smell of her fried fish. The traveler agrees that the wind was blowing from the woman’s shop and that it carried the smell of her fish to him, so he must pay for it. What does your fried fish cost ?” he asked the woman.
“Twenty-five cents a plate,” she answered, delighted.
“Then go outside together, said the judge. ‘The traveler must hold up a twenty-five cent piece so that its shadow falls on the woman’s hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of twenty-five cents.’
Choose the best answer based on the text.
1. What will be the best topic of the text?
A. A woman and her fried fish
B. A women and a poor traveler were arguing caused by the smell fried fish
C. A poor traveler was eating fried fish
D. A poor traveler and his friend fish
E. A woman lost her fried fish
2. The woman shouted poor traveler rudely because …
A. she lost her fried fish
B. the poor traveler hasn’t paid the woman’s fried fish
C. the poor traveler hasn’t paid her smell of fried fish
D. she wanted to give the poor traveler fried fish
E. her fried fish was brought by poor traveler
3. How did the judge finally decided the case belonging to the woman and poor traveler?
A. wisely B. unfairly C. sided D. un correctly E. hurtly
4. The following statements are correct, except …
A. the poor traveler enjoyed the smell of the woman’s fried fish
B. the woman asked the poor traveler to pay the smell of fried fish
C. the judge decided the case fairly
D. the poor traveler finally paid a twenty five cent for the smell of fried fish
E. the woman took the poor traveler to the judge
5. Soon the crowd collected, although … (paragraph 4)
The underlined word means …
A. gathered B. forced C. met D. separated E. disconnected
6. What is the type of the text?
A. narrative B. spoof C. hortatory exposition D. recount E. report
7. What is the social function of the text above?
A. to entertain the readers with the story
B. to retell past event
C. to describe the fried fish
D. to persuade the readers to enjoy fried fish
E. to explain about fried fish
Re-read the text to answer these questions.
1. What is the text about? …
2. What does the poor traveler stop under the tree for? …
3. What did the woman do after the poor man had finished his meal? …
4. What was the poor supposed to do with the woman? …
5. What did the crowd think about the case they saw? …
6. Why did the woman take the poor to the judge? …
7. Did the man really eat the woman’s fried fish? …
Explain your answer! …
8. What did the judge ask the man and the woman to do then? …
9. Was the judge really a wise man? …
Why or Why not? …
10. Describe the character owned by the following figures on the text:
The beggar : ...
The Merchant : ...
The judge : ...
