Most Important questions answers on Going Places by Podmeswar
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1.(a)How was Geoff
employed ? or What job is Geoff engaged in?
(b) Does he entertain
wild dreams like his sister? Or Does he entertain wild and impractical dreams
like his sister ?
Or:How is he different
from his sister ?
(c) Did Geoff listen to
Sophie’s ‘wild stories’?
(d)Who was Geoff ?
(e)What kind of a
person is Geoff ?
Ans: (a)Geoff was employed/engaged in an
apprentice mechanic. He had to travel for his work each day to the far side of
the city.
(b)Geoff
did not entertain wild dreams like his sister. Perhaps, he knew their family
limitation.
(c) Geoff spoke little but listened to Sophie’s ‘wild
stories’.
(d) Geoff’s was
Sophie’s elder brother.
(e) write all the above
points (a,b,c&d) for this answer.
2.What was Sophie’s
ambition? How did she plan to achieve it ?
Or: what were Sophie’s
ambitions?
Or: What are the other
dreams of Sophie besides having a boutique ?
Or: What are the other
options that Sophie dreams of besides owning a boutique ?
Or: What does Sophie
want to have when she grows up ?
Ans: Sophie’s ambition
was to have a boutique of her own.
For this matter, she would have the most amazing shop in
the city. She said that if she would come into money then she would buy a boutique.
Also, she would become an actress and would run the boutique as a side
business. Besides, she wanted to be a fashion designer. She wanted to be ‘a bit
sophisticated’.
3. Where was it most
likely that the girls would find work after school?
Ans: It was most likely
that the two girls (Sophie and Jansie) would find work in the biscuit factory.
Also, they would get work in a shop. As/Because, they were earmarked for these
works.
4.Who is the writer of
Going places ?
Ans: The writer of
“Going places” is A. R. Barton.
5.(a)Who is Danny
Casey? (b)Which country does he play for? (c)Did/does Sophie really meet Danny
Casey ?
Ans: (a)Danny Casey was
an Irish famous football player.
(b)He played for the
United.
(c) No, Sophie did not
really meet Danny Casey. That was her day-dream about the famous player.
6.How does Jansie come
to know of the story of Sophie’s meeting with Casey ? How does she react ?
Ans: Jansie came to
know of the story of Sophie’s meeting with Casey from Geoff.
Sophie did not want to share the secret with Jansie.
Because, Jansie was a ‘nosey’ and always prepared to know new things about the
others. Also, Sophie feared that Jansie might spread the news in the entire/whole/all
neighborhood.
7.Who is the writer of ‘Going
Places” ?
Ans: The writer of
‘Going Places’ is A. R. Barton.
8.Who are the two
friends in the story, ‘Going Places’ ?
Ans: The friends in the
story, ‘Going Places’ are Sophie and Jansie.
9.Who is Derek ?
Ans: Derek was the
younger brother of Sophie.
10.For whom does Sophie
ask Danny Casey an autograph ?
Ans: Sophie asked Danny
Casey an autograph for her younger brother, Derek.
11.Which
is the only occasion that Sophie gets to see Casey in person ?
Ans:
When they watch the match every Saturday then Sophie gets to see Danny Casey in
the field on that occasion.
12.What
themes does the story, “Going Places” explore ?
Ans:
The story, ‘Going Places’ explores the main character/protagonist ‘Sophie’ who
always sees some imaginary images and goes some imaginary places which are not
real in her life like meet Danny Casey, to build a boutique, and so on.
13.What
is incongruous about the ‘delicate bow which fastened the apron strings of
Sophie’s mother ?
Ans:
The ‘delicate bow which fastened the apron string of Sophie’s mother displays
the status of their family and as a house wife. It also contrasts Sophie who
always dreams a sophisticated/imaginary life.
14.Why
is Sophie ‘jealous of his silence’ ?
Ans:
Sophie was jealous of Geoff’s silence because when he wasn’t speaking it was as though he was away
somewhere, out there in the world in those places she had never been.
15.(a) Why does Sophie choose her brother Geoff to
tell about her meeting with Danny Casey in the arcade ?
Or
Why does Sophie feel close to her brother Geoff more
than anyone else in her family ?
Or
What makes him share Sophie’s secrets ?
(b) What does he symbolize to her ?
Ans: (a) Sophie chose her brother Geoff to tell
about her meeting with Danny Casey in the arcade because Geoff always heard
about her speaking. But, other members of her family did not believe her and
said that these were her wild stories and her imagination
(b) He symbolizes to her that he
is loved by Sophie very much. Also, she believed him more than the other.
16.How does Danny Casey look like ?
Ans: Danny Casey was a short stature man and his
eyes were green. Sophie imagined him and his gentle green eyes.
17.Why doesn’t Sophie’s father believe her ?
Ans:Sophie’s father did not believe Sophie because
he thought that Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey was an another ‘wild story’
and her imagination. As, he was a crazy man and a great fan of young Danny
Casey.
18. Why doesn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her
supposed meeting with Casey ?
Ans: Sophie did not
want to share the secret of meeting with Casey with Jansie. Because, Jansie was
a ‘nosey’ and always prepared to know new things about the others. Also, Sophie
feared that Jansie might spread the news in the entire/whole/all neighborhood.
19.What do you learn about the socio-economic status
of Sophie’s family ?
Ans: Sophie’s family was a lower middle class
family. Sophie wanted to become a fashion designer and an actress also has a
boutique. But, she knew of her family status that she would find work in the
biscuit factory after school.
20.What
opinion do you form of Sophie’s father ?
Ans:
Sophie’s father was a temperament man. He did not seem a soft or a
sophisticated man. Sophie feared of him. He could not believe Sophie’s wild and
imagination story. He was a crazy football fan of Irish footballer Casey.
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