Extra questions and very important questions for

Going places
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1)What was pictured to you in Sophies home?
Ans- It was a middle class family. Her mother was busy in her chores. Food was being cooked on
a stove. Dirty clothes piled up in a corner. Her father was scoping shepherds pie after days work.
Geoff had to go to a far off place fortraining.
2)What did Sophie think about her brother Geoff?
Ans- Geoff an apprentice mechanic, was almost grown up now. Sophie suspected areas of his life
about which he never spoke. If he was not speaking to her, he was away in the world at places
she had never seen. But she guessed her brother thought her too young.
3)What were the special fascination for the teenager Sophie? (IMP)
Ans-The unknown outlying districts of her city unknown places beyond her country, and the
world of places where she had never been were great fascination for Sophie. She wished to know
about exotic interesting people and brothers affections. She hoped to go there with her brother
Geoff.
4)On the news Sophie met Danny Casey how did their father react?
Ans-Father looked at Sophie with sadness on his face, he did not believe it. He called it another
of her wild stories. He warned her that those days she would put herself into a lot of troubles
because of her talks.
5)What did Geoff mean by saying, Casey must have strings of girls?(IMP)
Ans-Sophie wanted Geoff to promise not to tell daddy about her meeting with Danny Casey. He
would fire her badly. Then Geoff told that Casey must be having a large number of girls in his
contact, and she was still a school girl. But Sophie pointed out that Casey was quiet. He did not
have strings of girls.
6)What was the autograph riddle? Could it be solved? (V.IMP)
Ans- On first meeting Danny Casey at Royces window, Sophie asked his autograph for little
Derek. But neither had paper nor a pen. In the second real meting at the Royces the same riddle
stood unsolved-the autograph couldnt be solved-neither had a pen.
7)What was Jansies attitude towards Sophie on hearing about her meeting Danny Casey? (IMP)
Ans-Geoff told Frank that Sophie met Danny Casey. Franks sister Jansie was nosey. She asked
Sophie about the meeting. It surprised Sophie because she was doubted Sophie termed it
something secret. She felt at ease when she realised that Geoff had not let her down.
8)At what stage Sophie uttered, how can you believe what people?
(M.IMP)
Ans-Sitting on the wooden bench Sophie waited and imagined Danny Casey coming. She
became loaded with the burden of sadness. She thought what she would tell them about Dannys
not coming. Now she uttered How can you help what people choose to believe in life.
9)Did Sophie meet Danny Casey personally at the canal side? (V.IMP)

Ans-With a burden of sadness, Sophie walked back home from the canal side park. At the
Royces arcade she pictures Danny Casey. He answered her he was Danny Casey. She told him,
she watched him every week with her father and brother. She asked him for an autograph but
neither had a pen or a paper. For long time she stood there alone where he stood. In reality
Danny did noY arrive. It remained a dream with Sophie.
10)write a character sketch of Jensie.
Ans-Jensie belonged to a middle class family. She was a sensible and a practical type of a girl.
She did not have high ambitions in life like Sophie. She knew that she was earmarked to work in
a biscuit factory. She was a nosey type of a girl.
11)What did the two schools discuss while coming home? (V.IMP)
Ans-The two classmates Sophie and Jensie discussed about finding some work after leaving
school. Sophie thought of having her own boutique or to become a shop manager or an actress or
fashion designer. Though both were earmarked for a biscuit factory.
12)When back home, why did Sophie feel a tightening in her throat? (IMP)
Ans-When back home, Sophie found her mother busy with the chores. It troubled her seeing her
mother in the estate of balancing herself. There was a heap of dirty clothes piled in a corner. Her
father was eating the shepherds pie, Sophie felt uneasy and dryness in her throat. So she moved
to look for brother Geoff in the next room.
13)Why was Sophie jealous of Geoffs silence? (M.IMP)
Ans-Sophies brother Geoff was an apprentice mechanic. He was almost grown up yet he hardly
spoke anything of his own. Words were prized out of his mouth like stones from ground. she
could only suspect areas of his life which she wanted to hear from him. So she was jealous of his
silence. She took him to be out there in the world when he was not speaking.
14)What was going on in Sophies mind about people and places unknown to her? (IMP)
OR
14)What were Sophies views about the vast world around?
Ans-The unknown far off places even beyond the surrounding country had a great attraction in
Sophies mind. She wanted to see, meet exotic and interesting people of whom Geoff never
spoke. She was impatient to know them. She thought the world was waiting to welcome her.
15)What did Sophie tell Geoff about Danny Casey? Danny Casey was a young Irish player of the
United first squad. Sophie told Geoff of meeting Danny Casey at Royces window. It surprised
him and he wanted to know the truth. She told about Danny Caseys gentle green eyes. She
talked with him first and asked for an autograph. But neither had a pen nor paper. So he promised
to do it next week, if she cared.
16)Why did Sophie liked Danny Casey? (IMP)
Ans-The young Irish Danny Casey was a sports icon. He was gentle and calm. He was handsome
and always impressively dressed. He was tall and bold with a strong dark face. She imagined him
to be fit for his love.
17)What did Sophie imagine about her meeting with Danny Casey?
OR
17)Write Sophies description about his first meeting with Danny Casey.(V.IMP)
Ans-Sophie told that she met Danny Casey at the Royces window. She was looking at her

clothes there. He came and stood besides her. She spoke to him first and asked if he was Danny
Casey. He confirmed, she asked for an autograph but neither had paper nor a pen. They talked a
bit. He assured for the autograph next week if she cared.
18)What was the weekly pilgrimage in the story Going places? (M.IMP)
Ans-Their weekly pilgrimage on Saturday was to watch the United. Actually she got interested in
Danny Casey and wanted to see his game and watch him playing at the United on Saturday.
Sophie with her father and little Derek sat near the goal, and Geoff went up with his friends.
They boost up Dannys morale and got thrilled at his scoring goal.
19)What did Sophie told Jansie about her meeting with Danny Casey? (V.IMP)
Ans- Next week when Jansie met Sophie, she asked her about the meeting of DannyCasey.
Though Sophie got surprised and damned her brother Geoff, yet she called it something between
them. Something secret but not a Jansie type. Jansie promised to keep it a secret. Sophie told it
was a little thing, she asked for an autograph but neither had a pen.
20) It was a perfect place, she had always thought so. Which is the place described and what
made it so perfect? (IMP)
Ans-For the fancy date Sophie walked by the canal in the evening. She used to play here in her
childhood. She reached wooden bench beneath the Solitaryelm tree. She sat and waited there for
Danny Casey. It was a perfect place for the lovers who wished not to be observed.

LONG ANSWRE TYPE QUESTIONS

A)What were the two girls willing to do in the story Going places? (IMP)
Ans-The two school girls Sophie and Jansie were classmates. They had been discussing things
while walking up and down the school. Since they would be completing their school education
the belonged to middle class families. Therefore, it was but natural for both the girls to plan
about a work to earn money.
Sophie told when she left school she would be going to have a boutique like that of Mary Quant.
She hoped to have the most amazing shop in the city. Jansie looked doubtful and pointed that
opening a boutique required a lot of money. Though Sophie knew her financial background yet
she opined she would find it. Jansie stated further that to save that much would take a long time.
She thought of becoming a shop manager. But Jansie cleared her whims by telling her that they
wont make her manager straight off. She knew even her father wouldnt allow for to a shop job.
Both were earmarked for a biscuit factory. So Jansie asked her to become really sensible and not
to talk like that. She would become an actress as there was real money in that. She could run her
boutique side by side as actresses didnt work full time. Thus the two friends reached their
homes.
B)Describe the social background and the life of the people after your reading the story Going
places?
Ans-In the story Going places, author A.R.Burton had clearly depicted the stages of
helplessness and satisfaction in the lives of middle class people. The members of the society are
shown to be law-aiding, minding their own business and hardworking. Sopihes father had been
working hard throughout the day and even helping her mother in her chores.
Sophies brother Geoff had to travel a long for his apprenticeship everyday. The gentsfolk had

been very sincerely and sensibly maintaining their family peace, progress and happiness.
Sophies mother had been carrying on with her family chores. She looked after the whole affairs
of the family quietly.
The girls Sophie and Jansie had been seriously taking up their matters relating ot life. Both had
been discussing about work to be started after school. Even little Derek had the real brain of the
elders on his shoulders. He was a clear and intelligent financial analyst. Even his sports forecast
sounded like expert comment Ireland will win the world cup. The teenagers unrealistic reams
and belief of hero worship.
C)Write your views after your reading the story Going places.
Ans- The author has developed hi story by involving only one family. Sophie had one elder
brother Geoff and a younger one Derek. Her parents were quite caring and helpful to them at
every stage of life.
Geoff had almost grown up. It was three years now he passed school and was working hard as an
apprenticeship mechanic. He was a youth who had a determination to become a mechanical
expert. He daily travelled to the other side of the city for his training. He enjoyed doing his work
silently. His silence troubled Sophie and she had to prize out words from him like the stones
from the ground. His silence compelled Sophie to guess him to be somewhere else in the world.
He never spoke about. She loved and admired Geoff always.
Geoff was quiet youth and didnt easily make new friends. She knew he would take her to all
such unknown places and people for which she was impatient, though her father forbade. Like
her brother she liked his groups and liked to be admitted to that. Geoff not only supported Sophie
before their parents but was the first to share her secrets.Though Geoff hardly believed the truth
without verifying her stories.
D)How did Sophie detail her meeting with Danny Casey? (V.IMP)
OR
D)How did Sophie describe her meeting with Danny Casey? (V.IMP)
Ans-Geoff was working with a motorcycle part in the next room. after coming back home from
school, she looked for brother Geoff. She told him she met Danny Casey. It startled Geoff and he
turned around to her to ask where? she cleared there in the Royces arcade very funnily. Geoff
took it never to be true. Geoff was the first with whom she shared her secrets. She detailed that at
Royces window she was looking at the clothes. He came and stood besides her. She took him to
be Danny Casey and that he confirmed.
In order to know the reality he asked Sophie how he looked like. she stated that he had green and
gentle eyes and h was not that tall as he would think. She finally got a promise from Geoff not to
reveal the secret to anyone to avoid any trouble from father. Geoff made her to realise that she
was still at school and Danny Casey must be having strings of girls. She denied and told that
Danny Casey was not like that. He was..quiet.
She asked him for an autograph for little Derek but he neither had a paper nor a pen. So they
talked about a bit. Just as he was going he said, if she cared to meet him next week he would
give her an autograph then.
E)How Did Sophies father react on hearing about Sophie meeting Danny Casey? (V.IMP)
Ans- sophies father was a man of gentle and considerate nature. In spite of his hard work he
always helped in the chores. When Sophies brother Geoff was doing some work on the
motorbike, had completed washing of clothes, he came in and switched on the television. Then

he told his father Sophie met Danny Casey. He turned his head and looked at Sophie. Their
father seemed sad and asked if it was true. He did not believe what he was told.
During the conversation she ensured, that Danny Casey was going to buy a shop. Hearing it, her
father became rather confused and murmured something. He aggressively called her telling
another of her wild stories.
It was at this stage Geoff came o her help and told their father that she met him at the Royces
arcade and with details. Their father knew well Geoff would support her. Therefore he cautioned
Sophie that one of those days she was going to talk herself into a load of trouble. It was a sincere
advice from a father to his daughter not to invite troubles for her because of her fanciful talks.
F)Why did Sophie walked by the canal after dark that evening? How did she conduct herself that
time? (V.IMP)
OR
F)According to Sophie what was the perfect place for meeting of this kind?
Describe the place and the meeting. (M.IMP)
OR
F)What was Sophies height of fantasizing as a teenager? (M.IMP)
Ans-After her meeting with Danny Casey, Sophie told brother Geoff about the date for an
autograph next week. So Sophie walked by the canal along a sheltered path after dark. It was the
place where she had often played in her childhood. There was a wooden bench beneath a solitary
tree. There lovers came sometimes. She sat down on the bench to wait. She had always though it
to be the perfect place for meeting of lovers. For those who wished not to be observed.
It was now after waiting for a while, she imagined his coming. She looked along the canal. She
saw him coming out of the shadows. She imagined her excitement so caused. After sometime she
began thinking of his not coming.
There she sat wishing Danny Casey would come but he did not come. She felt the pain of doubt
moving in her mind. She watched for him but there was no sign of him. She remembered Geoff
saying he would never come and also none of them believed her. It made her sad. She could not
prove them wrong on doubting her.
Now she had become sad. Thus burden of sitting there, waiting and knowing he would not come,
was hard to carry. She would see the future and how she would have to live with this burden. She
slowly climbed the crumbling steps to the street to go home. Her fantasizing came to a standstill.
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G)Do you think the title of the by A.R.Barton Going places appropriate? Discuss.
OR
G)In the story Going places, the author A.R.Burton has successfully taken the readers to places.
Elaborate. (M.IMP)
Ans-The author A.R.Burton has taken the readers to places through his female character Sophie.
She was a very sweet and beautiful fantasizing teenager, in the first phase of the journey, she
took the readers in search of work. She wanted to have a superb boutique of her own. Or a shop
manager. She would become an actress to have real money. If not that, she would become a
fashion designer though it was a little sophisticated. Her such thinking made her friend Jansie
melancholy because both were earmarked for the biscuit factory.
In the second phase of the journey she suspected the areas of Geoffs life about she knew nothing

and never spoke. When Geoff kept silent she thought him to be away somewhere out there in the
world in those places she had never seen. The adjacent areas of the neighbouring country, its
people and thus she had developed a great fascination for them. Riding behind Geoff she took us
to the world that one can go praised and greeted them.
In the final phase, from the Royces window, to Danny Casey to the Uniteds first squad player.
In her excitement and dreaming Sophie waited under the elm tree near the canal. She pictured
Danny Casey really outside Royces arcade again. But here she really could not take an
autograph because neither had a pen. Thus throughout the story the reader goes on from place to
place but there is no solid result. So the title Going places is appropriate.