1.Who is Danny Casey?
Ans: Danny Casey was an Irish football player.
2. Who is Derek?
Ans: Derek is Sophie’s younger brother.
3.To which country does Danny Casey belong?
Ans: Danny Casey belongs to Ireland.
4. Who is Geoff?
Ans: Geoff is Sophie’s elder brother.
5.Who is the author of the story ‘Going places’?
Ans: A.R. Barton is the author of the story ‘Going Places’.
6. For which team does Danny Casey Play?
Ans: Danny Cassey plays for the United.
7. Who is Jansie?
Ans: Jansie is a classmate of Sophie.
8.Whis Geoff?
Ans: Geoff is an elder brother of Sophie.
9.Which country did Danny Casey play for?
Ans: Danny Casey played for Ireland.
10.Who is Sophie?
Ans: Sophie is a school-going girl. she is very fond of fantasy.
11.Does her father believe her story?
Ans: No, her father did not believe Sophie’s story. He knew that she was telling lies.
12.Why did Sophie not take the autograph of Danny Casey?
Ans: Sophie did not take the autograph of Danny Casey because she had neither pen nor paper with her.
14.Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
Ans: No, Sophie did not meet Dany Casey in real life. It was her fantasy.
15.Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
Ans The two girls: Sophie and Jansie, most likely would find work in the biscuit factory after school.
16.Who are the two friends in the story ‘Going Places?
Ans: The two friends in the story, ‘Going Places’ are Sophie and Jansie.
17. Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
Ans: The only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey was in the football playground.
18.Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
Ans: No, Geoff does not seem to believe Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey. He says, “It is not true.”
19. What sort of fellow was Sophie’s father?
Ans: Sophie’s father was a stout fellow who worked hard for the family. He loved life, action and drinking. He is clumsy in habits and behaviour.
20.How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?
Ans: Sophie included her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future. She dreamt of riding behind her brother Geoff to the city.
21. Which country does Danny Casey play for?
Ans: Danny Casey played for the united.
22.What kind of person is Geoff?
Ans: Geoff was a calm boy. He spoke little and did not share his views with others. But his sister Sophie wanted to share all her secrets with him.
23. How does Danny Casey look like?
Ans: Danny Casey was a man of short height. he had Green eyes. His nose was freckled and he had exposing teeth with gaps between.
24.Why did not Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
Ans: Sophie did not want Jansie to know her story with Danny because Sophie thought that she would spread her story to the neighbour.
25. What job is Geoff engaged in? Does he entertain wild and impractical dreams like his sister?
Ans: Geoff was engaged in the work of an apprentice mechanic.
Geoff hardly spoke to anyone and it showed that he did not entertain wild and impractical dreams like his sister.
26.What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
Ans: Sophie lived in a dreamy world. She wanted to open a boutique (cloth store) in the city. Then she desired to become an actress and otherwise she wanted to be a fashion designer.
27. Why was Sophie fascinated by Danny Casey?
Ans: Sophie was very fond of fantasy. She enjoyed the performance of Danny Casey the football player in televison and was fascinated by him and fell in love with him. But the love was one sided.
28.Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?
Ans: Sophie wriggled in fear lest her father would beat her when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey. She knew that her father would not approve of it.
29. Why does Sophie feel close to her brother Geoff more than anyone else in the family? What does he symdolise to her?
Ans: Geoff was the only person in the family with whom Sophie shared her secrets. He listened to Sophie’s fantasy and cherished dreams. Her father was aggressive and neglected her fantastic stories. Derek, the younger brother of Sophie, made fun of her stories. It was only Geoff who shared her fantasy and to whom she unlocked her heart.
From her perspective, Geoff sumbolises elber brother who has grown up. He speaks softly with her so as not to break her heart.
30. What do you learn about the socioeconomic status of Sophie’s family?
Ans: Sophie belonged to a middle class family. The economic condition of the family was not satisfactory. Sophie, who was a school- going young girl, longed for a better way of life which she could not find. Hence she liked to take shelter on fantastic world. But her class mate Jansie was realistic who remarked that Sophie was ear-marked for the biscuit factory. About Sophies family status, we come to know from the fact that when Sophie entered home she saw her father’s face was still grubby and sweaty after the day’s hard work. Again she sees that her mother was stooping over the chin and there was dirty washing piled up in the corner. Her brother Geoff was an apprentice mechanic.
All these show us that Sophie’s family was a middle class poor family.
Type By –Suman Bora