August 3rd, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)

Level#1

A) The day after Piri has his fight with Rocky and his gang, he say, "From that day on I grew eyes all over my head." What does Piri mean by that statement?




B) The school yard at Piri's school is shaped like a rectangle. Its length is 150 meters. Its width is 70 meters. Find the area of the school yard.




Level#2

A) When Piri's father sees him after the fight with Rocky and his gang, he says, "Hey, you sure look a little lumped up." What does Piri's father mean by that?



B) Behind Piri's apartment building there is a small rectangular shaped piece of land where his family can plant vegetables and herbs. The length is 8 feet and the width is 5 feet. Find the area of the piece of land.



Level#3

A) Piri tells his father all about the fight he just had with Rocky and his gang. Piri says, "Poppa looked tight." What do you think Piri means by this?



B) Each step of the stoop in front of Piri's apartment building is a rectangle which is 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. What is the step's perimeter?




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