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This section includes 45 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Going Places knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
What are the advantages and disadvantages of fantasizing? |
| A. | helps in dreaming big |
| B. | helps in achieving big |
| C. | develops creative imagination and disadvantage is that it makes people self obsessed. |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 3. |
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 |
| Answer» C. ask her to call him over for dinner | |
| 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 |
| Answer» C. behind the walls | |
| 5. |
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 |
| Answer» C. she was hungry | |
| 6. |
Geoff never took Sophie out with him because he thought she was |
| A. | immature |
| B. | badly behaved |
| C. | too young |
| D. | too restless |
| Answer» D. too restless | |
| 7. |
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 |
| Answer» B. her brother s car | |
| 8. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
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 |
| Answer» D. his car | |
| 10. |
The father talked about a man who knew |
| A. | Pele |
| B. | Beckham |
| C. | Tom Finney |
| D. | Jeffrey, Archer |
| Answer» D. Jeffrey, Archer | |
| 11. |
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 |
| Answer» C. he said he d do it later | |
| 12. |
Danny Casey was a player in the football team of |
| A. | Ireland |
| B. | Finland |
| C. | England |
| D. | Denmark |
| Answer» B. Finland | |
| 13. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Geoff had told about Sophie s meeting with Danny Casey to |
| A. | the entire neighbourhood |
| B. | Frank |
| C. | |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. | |
| 16. |
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 |
| Answer» C. a yacht | |
| 17. |
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 |
| Answer» C. disbelieved her outright | |
| 18. |
Danny had a freckled nose and the colour of his eyes was |
| A. | grey |
| B. | green |
| C. | blue |
| D. | brown |
| Answer» C. blue | |
| 19. |
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 |
| Answer» B. he doesn t speak to her | |
| 20. |
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 |
| Answer» B. they represent her nature | |
| 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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Sophie s best friend was |
| A. | Derek |
| B. | Geoff |
| C. | Jansie |
| D. | Danny |
| Answer» D. Danny | |
| 23. |
She wanted to be a designer like |
| A. | Calvin Klein |
| B. | Versace |
| C. | Armani |
| D. | Mary Quant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Geoff had been out of school for a period of |
| A. | three years |
| B. | five years |
| C. | one year |
| D. | two years |
| Answer» B. five years | |
| 25. |
Sophie felt bad because of her brother |
| A. | never spoke much |
| B. | laughed a lot |
| C. | teased her a lot |
| D. | never took her out for dinner |
| Answer» B. laughed a lot | |
| 26. |
What does Sophie dream about? |
| A. | Becoming an actor |
| B. | becoming a manager |
| C. | a sophisticated person |
| D. | becoming rich and sophisticated |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
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. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Explain Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground. |
| A. | ii 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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
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. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Who is Sophie s elder brother? |
| A. | Geoffe a trainee mechanic |
| B. | Jansie |
| C. | Dany Casey |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. Jansie | |
| 32. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Which game are Sophie and her family fans of ? |
| A. | cricket |
| B. | Badminton |
| C. | volleyball |
| D. | football |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Who is Sophie s younger brother? |
| A. | Geoffe a trainee mechanic |
| B. | Casey |
| C. | Frank |
| D. | Derek |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
What does Jansie tell Sophie? |
| A. | talk unrealistic |
| B. | be wise |
| C. | be practical |
| D. | be sensible and not to dream big |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
What kind of person is Sophie s father ? |
| A. | a kind hearted |
| B. | a loving and caring |
| C. | a hard core realistic |
| D. | carefree |
| Answer» D. carefree | |
| 37. |
What are the literary devices used in the lesson? |
| A. | metaphorical expressions and slangs |
| B. | similes |
| C. | irony |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. similes | |
| 38. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
What is the sub theme of the story? |
| A. | Relationships- family and friends |
| B. | friends |
| C. | family members |
| D. | adolescents |
| Answer» B. friends | |
| 40. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Which country did Danny play for? |
| A. | Netherland |
| B. | Newzealand |
| C. | Switzerland |
| D. | Ireland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Why is Sophie attracted to Danny and does she meet 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 |
| Answer» B. because he earns well | |
| 43. |
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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
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 |
| Answer» B. noisy and beautiful | |
| 45. |
What kind of girl is Sophie ? |
| A. | a happy go lucky kind |
| B. | a realistic |
| C. | Day dreamer |
| D. | a naughty child |
| Answer» D. a naughty child | |