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HOME ASSIGNMENT-GOING PLACES

               SHORT QUESTIONS
                   1.  What was Sophie’s ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that?

                   2.  Why is Sophie attracted to Danny Casey?

                   3.   How are Jansie and Sophie different from each other?

                   4.  Why did Sophie long for her brother’s affection?
                   5.   Did Geoff keep up his promise? How do you know?
                   6.   Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff’s silence?
                   7.  What is unrealistic about Sophie’s dreams of her future life?
                   8.  Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from having dreams?
                   9.  How do we know that Sophie’s family lived in poor circumstances?
                     10.Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with Danny Casey?

                   11.How did Sophie’s father react when Geoff told him about her meeting with Danny Casey?

                   12.What thoughts came to Sophie’s mind as she sat by the canal?
                   13.Which was the only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person?

                   14. Why  did  Jansie  discourage  Sophie  from  entertaining  thoughts  about  the  sports  star,
                   Danny Casey?

                   15.Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?

                   16. What did Sophie tell Geoff about her meeting with Danny Casey?
                   17.Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?s

                   18.Write a character sketch of Jansie.?

                   Long Questions

                    1. Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know that she cannot realise.
               Comment.
                     2. How different is Jansie from Sophie?
                   3. Draw a character sketch of Sophie’s father.
                   4. What were Sophie’s plans for the future? Why would you call her dreams unrealistic?
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