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Short Answer-type Questions
Q.1.
Do you think Sophie had really met Danny Casey?
Ans. No, Sophie had never met Danny
Casey in reality. She was a dreamer. The story of her meeting Danny Casey was
one of the wild stories invented by her. It was totally a concocted (made-up)
one.
Q.2.
In what way was Jansie different from Sophie in ‘Going Places’?
Or What were the options that Sophie was
dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
ANS. Sophie was a dreamer. She had
dreamed of becoming an actress, a fashion designer, a manager or the owner of a
boutique. She belonged to a poor middle class family. Jansie knows that she and
her friend are destined to work in a biscuit factory. Therefore she discourages
her.
Q.3.
What kind of world did Sophie dream of? Or What were Sophie’s plans after
school?
Ans. Sophie dreamed of a world that is
full of name and fame. She wanted to buy a boutique shop. She had other options
also and those were: to be a fashion designer, an actress or a manager. She
even dreams of having met with Danny Casey, a great football player.
Q.4.
Where was it most likely that Sophie and Jansie would find work after school?
ANS. Sophie and Jansie were destined
for working in a biscuit factory after school. Both of them belonged to lower
middle class families.
Q.
5. How can you say that Jansie is the voice of reason in the story ‘Going
Places’?
ANS. Jansie is really the voice of
reason in the story. She warns Sophie not to dream of big things in her life.
She asks her to be practical. She knows her limits of lower middle class
family. So she never tries to cross them. Sophie is disappointed at the end
only because she does not listen to Jansie.
Q.
6. Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny Casey?
Ans. Sophie knew that Jansie was very
inquisitive (the person who asks so many
questions). She feared that Jansie would spread it in the whole neighbourhood.
That is why, Sophie did not want that Jansie should come to know about it.
Q.7.
What was Sophie’s father’s reaction to her story regarding her meeting with
Danny Casey? Or How did Sophie’s father
react when he learns of Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey? Did he believe her
story?
ANS. Sophie’s father did not believe
the information of Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey. He knew it was another of
her wild stories. He ignored her and went on to discuss with his son about
foot-ball and footballers.
Q.8.
How did Sophie come to know that her dad was not at home? Why was she glad to
know it?
ANS. Sophie came to know that her father was not
at home when she passed by the pub. She saw her father’s bicycle placed against
the wall of the pub. She was glad because she would not have to face her father
when she reached home disappointed.
Q.
9. What sort of personality does Sophie’s brother have?
Ans. Geoff is a reserved type of
person. He is a motor mechanic under training. He is a hard worker. He is a
great fan of Danny Casey. He has the coloured photographs of the Irish
Footballer on his bedroom wall. Sophie wants to share her secrets with him.
Q10. What did Sophie imagine about her meeting
with Danny Casey? (2008)
Ans.: Sophie imagined that she had met Danny Casey,
a famous Irish league player, in a shop. She also imagines that both of them
had a long intimate (close) talk. She even imagines that he had promised to
meet her in near future.
Q11.
Which was the only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person?
Ans. On one Sunday, Sophie went to see a match
along with her father and brothers. She was very much impressed to see Danny
Casey scoring a brilliant goal for his team. It was the only occasion when
Sophie saw Danny Casey in person.
Q12. Write a
character sketch of Jansie?
Ans. Jansie is a girl, who is full of
practical wisdom. She remains in reality unlike her friend, Sophie. Like a true friend, she gives proper advice
to Sophie not to run after her fantasies. She also keeps her secret of Sophie’s
lie about Danny Casey from others.
Ans. Jansie is a girl who is full of
practical wisdom. She remains in reality unlike her friend, Sophie. Like a true friend, she gives proper advice
to Sophie not to run after her fantasies about the sports star Danny Casey. She
knows very well that Sophie’s dreams would not become reality.
Ans. Sophie’s father often visits pubs
to entertain himself. He seems to be a carefree type of person. He understands
his daughter very well that she often cooks wild stories. He warns her that she
can fall in trouble because of them.
Q15.
Why was Sophie jealous of her brother’s silence?
Ans. There were two reasons for Sophie
to feel jealous of her brother. First, she knows that he has seen a lot of
places. Second, he never tells her about those places to her. He remains
silent. So she feels jealous of her brother’s silence.
Q16.
Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her
perspective, what did he symbolize?
Ans. She likes her brother Geoff more
than any other person. She had no one to tell about her secrets. She was sure that
her brother would never disclose them to anyone. That’s why she trusted him
most. She also imagines visiting along with her brother Geoff on his bike the
places she has never seen. He symbolized trust for her.
Q17.
What thoughts come to Sophie’s mind as she sits by the canal?
Ans. While sitting by the canal,
Sophie had some peculiar thoughts in her mind. In the beginning, she imagined
his coming. In a way she was hoping against hope. When he did not come, she became afraid of
facing her father and the neighbourhood. She felt broken hearted.
Q18.
Did Geoff keep his promise to Sophie? How do you know?
Ans. Geoff did not keep his promise of
keeping Sophie’s secret. We come to know about this when Jansie asked Sophie
about her meeting with Daney Casey. She also told Sophie that Geoff had told
her brother Frank about it. The following sentence proves that Sophie believed
that Geoff had not kept his promise.
“Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing, not a Jansie thing”
Q19.
“Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing, not a Jansie thing.” Why did Sophie say so?
Ans. Sophie had told Geoff about her
secret meeting with sports star Danny Casey. But he told that secret to Frank,
Jansie’s brother, who. then, told it to Jansie. Sophie did not like all that.
So, in anger, she remarked : “Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing, not a
Jansie thing”
Q20.
How can you say that Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind?
Ans. Sophie is a young girl who is
still at school. She belongs to a poor background. She is a victim of her own
dreams. She ignores reality. That’s why her dreams bring disappointment to her.
She makes wild stories. Even her family members know that. So her hopes and
fears are always in her mind.
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Long Answer-type Questions (Essay Type Qs & Ans. )
Q1.
Make a character sketch of Sophie?
Or
Contrast
Sophie’s real world with her fantasies. 2009
Ans. Sophie is such a young girl who dreams high
without thinking about her real economic status. She is born of poor parents
and is still in her school. She thinks of opening a boutique, which needs a lot
of money. Her friend, Jansie, tells her that it will need a long time to save
the needed money. But, Sophie says that she would become a manager and start earning
money. She is told that nobody would make her a manager easily. She counters
the logic by saying that she would become an actress. Since an actress has not
to do work for the full time, she would run boutique side by side. She also
thinks of becoming a fashion designer. She also cooks the story of meeting
Danny Casey, a sports star. That also brings disappointments to her. Thus we
see that Sophie does not have practical wisdom. She believes in fantasies which
are not going to be true because of certain limitations. That is the reason she
faces frustration and disappointment in life.
Q2.
How would you form the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?
Ans. Sophie’s father belongs to
labouring class. That’s why, he has an old bicycle. He is fond of visiting pubs
for entertaining himself. He is a carefree type of person and seems to be
careless about children. He is also fond of watching football matches. He is
full of high praise for Danny Casey, a sports star. He has deep insight also.
He understands his daughter’s nature that she often cooks wild stories. He does
not believe Sophie when he comes to know about her meeting with Danny Casey.
His calculation about Sophie proves to
be true. One day, when Sophie keeps on repeating her story of meeting Danny
Casey, he loses his control. He remarks in anger: “This is another of your wild
stories....” He means to warn his daughter that one day she would get a lot of
disappointment due her fake stories.
Q3.
Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends. What were the differences
between them that show up in the story? Or Describe the contrast between these
two friends Sophie and Jansie?
Ans. Both the characters are poles
apart although both of them go to school and come back from there together. We
know that Sophie is a dreamer. She has dreamed of becoming an actress, a
fashion designer, a manager or the owner of a boutique. Her dreams are
impractical as she belongs to a lower middle class family. Jansie, on the other
hand, is a realist. She knows that she and her friend are destined to work in a
biscuit factory. She is sensible and wise. Therefore she discourages her.
Jansie is really the voice of reason
in the story. It is she who warns Sophie not to dream of big things in her
life. She asks her to be practical. She reminds her of the poor condition of
her house. It is all because of her wisdom that she knows her limits as a
member of lower middle class family and never tries to cross them. Sophie is
disappointed at the end only because she does not listen to Jansie. Sophie
father also reads her minds clearly. That’s why he rebukes her from time to
time not to cook such stories as they may lead her to troubles.
Q4. Discuss Sophie’s Hallucinations versus
Reality in Going Places.
In “Going Places” by A. R. Barton, the
contrast between Sophie’s hallucination (fantal world) and reality forms the
central theme of the story. Sophie is a young girl belonging to a
lower-middle-class family, but she is unhappy with the dullness of her life. To
escape from this harsh reality, she creates a dream world of glamour and
success. She imagines herself owning a boutique, becoming a fashion designer,
or achieving fame. The most striking example of her hallucination is her
imagined meeting with the famous footballer Danny Casey. Sophie not only
invents the meeting but also convinces herself that Danny has promised to meet
her again. She even waits for him at the canal, fully believing in her fantasy.
However, reality soon shatters her illusion when Danny does not appear. Sophie
then realizes that her dreams cannot change her actual circumstances. Through
Sophie’s hallucination and its collision with reality, the author highlights
how unfulfilled desires and social limitations push young people into living in
a world of imagination.
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