Multiple Choice Questions From (GOING PLACES)--8

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1. Danny had a freckled nose and the colour of his eyes was………………………………….……….
(a) Grey                                                      (b) green                                     (c) blue                               (d) brown

 

2. outside the pub, Sophie saw something. It was…………………………………….
(a) Her dad’s bicycle                                                                                                         (b) her brother’s car

(c) her mother’s motorcycle                                                                                                         (d) Derek’s tricycle

 

3. While Sophie waited for Danny, she realized that………………………………………
(a) Danny would come                                                                                             (b) Danny would not come
(c) she was hungry                                                                                                    (d) she was thirsty

 

4. According to Sophie, the place she had chosen to meet Danny was…………………………..…
(a) a hidden alley                          (b) a perfect place               (c) behind the walls          (d) near the trees

 

5. Sophie told Jansie that her father if he got to know about her meeting with Danny would………..
(a) Agree to their marriage                                                                                                              (b) murder her
(c) ask her to call him over for dinner                                                                  (d) ask to be introduced to him

 

6. Geoff had told about Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey to……………………………………….
(a) the entire neighborhood                          (b) Frank                 (c) Janise            (d) the teachers in school

 

7. ‘I wish he was an Englishman’. These words were spoken with reference to…………
(a) Geoff                (b) Derek               (c) Danny Casey          (d) a passenger in the bus

 

8. The match on Saturday was witnessed by…………………………………………………………………
(a) The whole family                                                                                                         (b) only father and Sophie
(c) Geoff alone                                                                                         (d) Sophie, father, Derek and Geoff

 

9. Danny Casey was a player in the football team of……………………………………………………….
(a) Ireland                              (b) Finland                                     (c) England                                 (d) Denmark

 

10. Sophie told Geoff that Danny was unable to sign an autograph for her because……………
(a) His secretary did not allow it                                                                  (b) he didn’t have paper or pen
(c) he said he’d do it later                                                                              (d) he was in a hurry to go home

 

11. When Sophie told her father that Danny had met her and told her that he was going to buy a shop, father………
(a) Called her a liar                                                    (b) asked her if it was another of her wild stories
(c) disbelieved her outright                                     (d) asked Geoff to verify facts

 

12. The father talked about a man who knew…………………………………….………………………….
(a) Pele                               (b) Beckham                              (c) Tom Finney                         (d) Jeffrey, Archer

 

13. After describing Danny’s appearance, Sophie chose not to tell Geoff about…………………
(a) Danny’s qualification                                                                                                             (b) Danny’s address

(c) His teeth                                                                                                                         (d) his car

 

14. What did Sophie tell Geoff one day that made him look surprised?
(a) she had seen a ghost                                                                                      (b) she had met her principal
(c) she had got a job                                                                                            (d) she had met Danny Casey

 

15. Geoff never took Sophie out with him because he thought she was………………………….…
(a) Immature                             (b) badly behaved                                (c) too young                (d) too restless

 

16. Sophie felt bad because of her brother…………………………………………………………………..


(a) Never spoke much                                                                                                                  (b) laughed a lot
(c) teased her lot                                                                                                    (d) never took her out for dinner

 

17. Geoff had been out of school for a period of………………………………………………………….…
(a) three years                                 (b) five years                             (c) one year                           (d) two years

 

18. What was Sophie’s father keen to buy if Sophie ever came into money?
(a) a luxury car                                  (b) a decent house                                (c) a yacht                   (d) a shop

 

19. She wanted to be a designer like………………………………………………………………………………………....
(a) Calvin Klein                              (b) Versace                            (c) Armani                              (d) Mary Quant

 

20. Sophie’s best friend was………………………………………………………………………………………
(a) Derek                                         (b) Geoff                                  (c) Janise                                       (d) Danny

 

21. Why does Sophie feel jealous of her brother?
(a) because he keeps silent
(b) because he is a mechanic
(c) because he reveals his secret
(d) because of inability to reach unknown areas of his mind

 

22. What does Geoff’s silence symbolise in Sophie’s view?


(a) Distant places                                                                    (b) his vague personality
(c) his jovial nature                                                                (d) wandering of his mind to distant places

 

23. What kind of person is Sophie’s father?
(a) a kind hearted             (b) a loving and caring                  (c) a hard core realistic              (d) carefree

 

24. Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind?
(a) They all represent her imagination and nothing in reality
(b) they represent her nature
(c) they explain her personality
(d) they tell us her future

 

25. Why does Sophie get angry with her brother?
(a) Because he revealed her secret to Jansie’s brother                           (b) he doesn’t speak to her
(c) because of his silence                                                                                                 (d) none

 

26. Who is Sophie’s younger brother?
(a) Geoffe – a trainee mechanic                       (b) Casey                               (c) Frank                         (d) Derek

 

27. Which game are Sophie and her family fans of?
(a) Cricket                              (b) Badminton                                (c) volleyball                                   (d) football

 

28. What secret did Sophie share with her brother?
(a) She met Mary Quaint a famous fashion designer                                (b) She met Prime Minister
(c) She met Christopher                                                      (d) She met Danny Casy a famous footballer

 

29. Who is Sophie’s elder brother?
(a) Geoffe – a trainee mechanic                    (b) Jansie                        (c) Dany Casey                  (d) none

 

30. Why is Jansie not able to support Sophie’s view?
(a) Because he is a happy go lucky man                                                       (b) because his imagination is poor
(c) because he is unable to believe             (d) because he is a realistic and believes in practicality

 

31. What was Sophie’s reply to Jansie?
(a) That she will go door to door to collect money                                                  (b) She will open a boutique
(c) she will open an office     (d) she will become an actress or a manager to realize her dream.

 

32. What does Jansie tell Sophie?
(a) Talk unrealistic             (b) be wise          (c) be practical          (d) be sensible and not to dream big

 

33. Explain – Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.
(a) it was difficult to speak to him                                                       (b) it was difficult to locate him in a shop
(c) it was difficult to locate him in factory               (d) it was difficult to get information out of him

 

34. What story she make up in front of her brother?
(a) She will become an actress                                                                                (b) she will become a manager
(c) she will be a famous beautician                                                            (d) Casey will come to meet her.

 

35. What does Sophie dream about?
(a) Becoming an actor                                                                                                  (b) becoming a manager

(c) a sophisticated person                                                                   (d) becoming rich and sophisticated

 

36. What kind of girl is Sophie?
(a) a happy go lucky kind                    (b) a realistic                   (c) Day dreamer           (d) a naughty child

 

37. What is the meaning of the words: “nosey”, “gawky”?
(a) “Nosey”, meaning inquisitive and “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly.
(b) Noisy and beautiful
(c) noisy and useful
(d) noisy and gainful

 

38. What are the literary devices used in the lesson?
(a) Metaphorical expressions and slangs                                                                                 (b) similes
(c) irony                                                                                                                                                            (d) none

 

39.  What is the sub theme of the story?
(a) Relationships- family and friends         (b) friends            (c) family members        (d) adolescents

 

40. Who is A. R. Barton?
(a) A modern writer                                                                                                          (b) author of Going Places
(c) lives in Zurich and writes in English                                                                       (d) All these

 

41. Why is Sophie attracted to Danny and does she meets him in reality?
(a) Because he is a heroic footballer and she meets him in imagination only
(b) because he earns well
(c) because he plays football
(d) because he is smart

 

42. Which country did Danny play for?
(a) Netherland                               (b) Newzealand                         (c) Switzerland                            (d) Ireland

 

43. Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than anyone else?
(a) He keeps silent                                                                                                    (b) because he keeps her secret
(c) because she can confide in him                                                                        (d) all these

 

44. What are the advantages and disadvantages of fantasizing?
(a) Helps in dreaming big
(b) helps in achieving big
(c) develop creative imagination and disadvantage is that it makes people self obsessed.
(d) None of these

 

45. Where does Sophie visit to meet Casey in her imagination?
(a) a football ground           (b) in the match                (c) in a hotel              (d) a secret place near canal

 

 

 

 

 

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