August 4th, 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) Piri says, "Rocky and his fellas got to playing a way-out game with me called "One-finger-across-the-neck-inna-slicing-motion," followed by such gentle words as "It won't be long, spico." 
Explain what Rocky and his gang are trying to communicate to Piri.





B) Piri's father wants to put new tiles in the bathroom. The bathroom floor is a rectangle that is 15 feet long by 9 feet wide. What is the area of the floor he wants to tile?




Level#2

A) Piri says, "Anytime I hit that street for anything, I looked straight ahead, behind me, and from side to side all at the same time. Why is Piri doing this and who is he looking out for?



B) Piri's father puts new tiles on the bathroom floor. The floor is a rectangle, which is 15 feet long by 9 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the floor?



Level#3

A) Piri sees Rocky and his gang and he thinks to himself, "No more! No More! I ain't gonna run no more." What do you think Piri is going to do?



B) Piri's mother buys a new bath mat for the bathroom. The mat is a rectangle that is 4 feet long by 2 feet wide. What is the perimeter if the bath mat?





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