Going Places Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

What is the relationship between Sophie and her brother Geoff like?

How does Sophie's socio-economic background affect her dreams and aspirations?

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.

‘Sophie glowed with pride.’ Her pride is the result of

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.

Why does Sophie want to be an actress?

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

How does the author use the character of Jansie to highlight the contrast between Sophie's dreams and reality?

Why doesn't Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny Casey?

Choose the option that marks the differences between the personalities of Sophie and Jansie, even though both of them belong to impoverished families.

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

The story entitled, “Going Places” presents a fine blend of which of the following literary devices:

Why is Sophie attracted to Danny Casey?

“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’.

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.

“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 correct option about Sophie’s parents based on the extract given above.