3. 1. Who are two characters in the story?
BASIC UNDERSTANDING
Character-דמות
A person in a literary text
1. Who are two characters in the story?
2. Name TWO facts you’ve learnt about the woman.
3. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE
The boy ran up behind the woman because he
A woman and a boy.
She was a large woman./She carried a large purse./She walked alone at night
wanted to snatch her purse.
4. PUT BY TWO CORRECT ANSWERS.
The boy……..
___i) stole the woman’s purse and ran away.
___ii) ran up behind the woman and fell.
___iii) pulled at the woman’s purse and fell.
___iv) fell on the sidewalk and cried.
___v) didn’t manage to steal the woman’s purse.

4. 5. Why did the boy lose his balance?
CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER
i) The bag was too heavy.
ii) The woman was large.
iii) He fell on his back.
6. Why did the boy’s teeth rattle?
Because the woman shook him.
7. Why didn’t the woman release the boy?
CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER
i) She was cruel.
ii) He refused to pick up her purse.
iii) He said he would run away.

5. 8. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER
The boy’s parents______
i) weren’t at home.
ii) didn’t wash his face.
iii) dragged him behind them.
9. Why did the woman say: “Then it will get washed this evening”? (2/11)
10. The woman didn’t release the boy. Copy a sentence or a phrase from the story to show what she did instead.
Because his face was dirty.
She still held him tightly/…dragging the frightened boy behind her…

6. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
1. Why do you think the boy tried to steal from the woman?
2. Based on what happened, do you think the boy had much experience snatching purses? Explain.
3. Why do you think the boy was frightened?
4. Why, in your opinion, didn’t the woman release the boy? ____
She was walking alone in the dark. he probably thought it would be easy.
No, he didn’t as he failed to snatch a purse and was caught.
He couldn’t free himself and was afraid to be dragged to the police.
She knew that he would run away but she wanted to teach him a lesson.