Going Places Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

What is the author's commentary on the social class system in the story?

Based on the following statements, choose the correct option.

• Assertion: “Geoff, as always, went with his mates higher up.”
• Reason 1: Geoff was not very close to his family and lived in his own world.
• Reason 2: Geoff was rude and indifferent towards everyone around him and didn’t care about anyone at all.

How does Sophie's character relate to the theme of identity and self-discovery?

‘Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.’ Why did she feel a tightening in her throat?

Why is Sophie attracted to Danny Casey?

On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to watch United. Sophie and her father and little Derek went down near the goal — Geoff, as always, went with his mates higher up. United won two-nil and Casey drove in the second goal, a blend of innocence and Irish genius, going round the two big defenders on the edge of the penalty area, with her father screaming for him to pass, and beating the hesitant goalkeeper from a dozen yards. Sophie glowed with pride. Afterwards, Geoff was ecstatic.

Choose the option listing the situation in which one would be ‘ecstatic’.

What does Sophie's father think of her dreams and aspirations?

‘Going Places’ is an idiomatic expression which means

What is the author's message about the importance of dreams and aspirations?

“She thinks money grows on trees, doesn’t she, Dad?’ said little Derek, hanging on the back of his father’s chair. Their mother sighed. Sophie watched her back stooped over the sink and wondered at the incongruity of the delicate bow that fastened her apron strings. The delicate-seeming bow and the crooked back. The evening had already blacked in the windows and the small room was steamy from the stove and cluttered with the heavy-breathing man in his vest at the table and the dirty washing piled up in the corner. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat. She went to look for her brother Geoff.

Choose the option that supports the contention coming through Derek’s dialogue, “She thinks money grows on trees, doesn’t she, Dad?”.

“She thinks money grows on trees, doesn’t she, Dad?’ said little Derek, hanging on the back of his father’s chair. Their mother sighed. Sophie watched her back stooped over the sink and wondered at the incongruity of the delicate bow that fastened her apron strings. The delicate-seeming bow and the crooked back. The evening had already blacked in the windows and the small room was steamy from the stove and cluttered with the heavy-breathing man in his vest at the table and the dirty washing piled up in the corner. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat. She went to look for her brother Geoff.

“Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.” Pick the option that lists Sophie’s feelings in this context.

1. anxious
2. annoyed
3. uneasy
4. terrified

What is the symbolic significance of Sophie's dreams and fantasies?

Choose the option listing the possible titular justifications for the chapter ‘Going Places’.

1. It includes the system of going to watch the football game on a regular basis.
2. It expresses Sophie’s deepest desire to go out with Danny Casey.
3. It is about a girl named Sophie who is an idealist and often dreams of going to various places.
4. It is an idiomatic expression that refers to Sophie going ahead in her career, trying to beat poverty.

“Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.”

Choose the option that DOES NOT make the correct usage of the word ‘earmarked’.

“He said little at all, ever, voluntarily. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of the ground.”

Choose the option that states the characteristics of the person being talked about in the above lines.

1. rigid
2. stubborn
3. distant
4. invincible
5. reserved