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Question: Who is the writer of 'Going Places' ?

Ans: The writer of 'Going Places' is A. R. Barton.

Question: Who are the two friends in the story, 'Going Places' ?

Ans: In the story 'Groing Places', the two friends are Sophie and Jansie.

Ans: Sophie wants to have / open a boutique of her own when she grows up.

Question: Who is Sophie ?

Ans: Sophie is a teener and a day-dreamer.

Question: Who is Jansie?

Ans: Jansie is also a teener and Sophie's classmate.

Question: What does Sophie wish/want to be ?

Ans. Sophie wishes to be an actress. Sometimes she wants to be a fashion designer.

Question: Does Sophie really meet Danny Casey ?

Ans: No, Sophie does not really meet Danny Casey, but she only imagines meeting him.

Question: Who is Derek?.

Ans: Derek is Sophie's younger brother.

Question: Who is Geoff ?

Ans: Geoff is Sophie's elder brother.

Question: Who is Danny Casey?

Ans: Danny Casey is an Irish football player.

Question: Which country does Danny Casey play for ?

Ans: Danny Casey plays for the United.

Question: For whom does Sophie ask Danny Casey an autograph ? 

Ans : Sophie asks Danny Casey an autograph for Derek.

Question : Why did Sophie not take the autograph of Danny Casey ?

Ans : Sophie did not take the autograph of Danny Casey because neither of them had pen or paper.

Question: Did Danny Casey come to meet Sophie?

Ans: No, Danny Casey did not come to meet Sophie.

Question: Where was it most likely that the two 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 after school.

Question : Which was the only occasion when she (Sophie) got to see Danny Casey in person?

Ans: The only occasion that Sophie got to see Danny casey was in the field when they watched the match every Saturday.

Short Question : 2 Marks

Questions: What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?

Ans: Sophie was dreaming of owning a boutique. She also dreamt of becoming an actress or a fashion designer.

     Jansie discourages her because she knows that one needs a lot of money to open a boutique. Sophie is a girl of a lower middle class family, it is almost impossible for her to dream of buying a boutique.

Question: Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey ?

Ans : Actually Sophie did not wish that her father should know about their meeting. When Geoff told his father that she had met Danny Casey, her father looked at her with hatred. That is why Sophie wriggled.

Question: Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?

Ans: No, Geoff does not believe about the story of Sophie's meeting with Danny Casey. He says that it would not be true. Again he asks what he looks like. So, he doesn't seem to be believed that she met Danny Casey.

Question: Does her (Sophie's) father believe her story?

Ans: No, Sophie's father doesn't believe her story. when Geoff tells his father about her meeting with Danny Casey, his father looks at her with disdain and ignore her completely. His father says that it is also another of her wild stories.

Question: How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?

Ans: Geoff is as quiet boy and keeps his views to himself. He speaks little and doesn't share his views with others. Sophie envies his silence. She wishes she can share all secrets of her life. She imagines riding behind Geoff to the world of fantasy.

Question: Why did not Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny ?

Ans: Sophie didn't want Jansie to know about her story with Danny. Because it was meant to be something special just between them and something secret. It was not a Jansie kind of thing at all, because she would spread the news everywhere.

Ans: The contrasts/differences between Sophie and Jansie were the contrasts between conservation and practicalism. Sophie tries to move with the time and age. She had ambitions while Jansie had no sense of modernity and hopefulness. Sophie wants to establish her with present time. Jansie shows the sign of hopefulness by giving consent to the emotion to her guardians.

Question : How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie's father ?

Ans: The character and temperament of Sophie's father was the mixture of cold and hot, rough and mild and anger and love. He was strict to their children for which every one of the family feared and demanded him most. He had attention for football match. Every national match was enjoyed by him and shown the sign of satisfaction sitting in the stadium.

Question : Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person ?

Ans: Sophie loved Geoff because she thought him as the best friend of her life. For it Sophie exposed the secret matter of her life. Sophie thought that Geoff would not let it out to ignore other about her love affairs. But Geoff did so against her thinking which broken the heart of Sophie about Geoff.

Question : What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to ? What was the financial status of their family ?

Question : Would you think that Sophie had a relation of love with Danny Cassy?

Ans : Actually Sophie had no relation of love with Danny Cassy. It was only from the part of Sophie. Danny Cassy did not know about it. It was one sided love from the part of Sophie. It had no practicality.

Question : What type of girl was Sophie ?

Ans: Sophie was a girl of ambitions. She had high hope for cloth shop. Her life was a kind of imagination and thirst for money. In the field of love also. She was one sided which also indicated her running after meney. She wanted to be an actress, fashion designer, owner of a luxurious cloth shop. These are the symptoms of a money monger. Anyway, she wanted to uprise her position which really reflected her personality of modern conscious woman.

Question : How do you think the relation between Sophie and Geoff ?

Ans: According to the expression of Sophie, though Geoff was her brother but she thought him as her best friend. Sophie for the first time disclosed to Geoff that she had met Danny Casey. All the secrets of Sophie's life were revealed to him by Sophie. She had faith that Geoff would keep these secrets as the secret. But Geoff did not think Sophie as his best friend but as his sister, his near one. It was the relation between Sophie and Geoff.

Question : How did Sophie describe Danny Casey ?

Ans : The description of a beloved about her lover is really attractive and hearable. According to Sophie, the appearance of Danny Casey was the most beautiful with green eyes, middle height, melodious voice, bold one, the prodigy and the innocent genius. According to Sophie, Danny Casey was the great.

Question : What did Sophie seek from Danny Casey ?

Question : What did Sophie think when Danny Casey really did not come ?

Ans: Sophie felt very sad for the absent of Danny Casey. She told that though people would criticise her but actually she know what was their relation. She was unable to be burden of depression. Actually Sophie offered herself to Danny. This seperation had brought a shock to the life of Sophie.