प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book)
Class - 12
English Core
Flamingo Prose Chapter-8 GOING PLACES
QUESTIONS:-
1. Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work
after school?
Ans-
After school Sophie and Jansie were both 'earmarked for the biscuit factory. It
was also possible that they could get some work in a shop.In spite of Sophie's
wild dreams, Jansie knew what they were earmarked for. Sophie knew that they
did not pay well for shop work and her father would not allow her to work
there.
2. What were the options that sophie was dreaming of? Why does
Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
Ans-
Sophie lived in the wings of imaginative world. Firstly. she wanted to have a
boutique of her own that city had ever seen. On being discouraged by Jansie,
she was desirous of becoming a manager somewhere or a movie actress.In that
case, she was to run the boutique as her side business. She dreamt of meeting
Danny Casey On the contrary, Jansie wanted Sophie to be sensible and drop all
the dreams.
3. Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she
had met Danny Casey?
Ans-
Sophie knew her father well and she feared that he would be angry to know about
her meeting with Danny. When Geoff mentioned about it to their father, she
expected a scolding. Her father gave her a disdainful look as he felt that she
was making up a wild story and would get into trouble.
4. Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with
Danny Casey?
Ans-
No, Geoff does not seem to believe what Sophie says about her meeting with
Danny Casey. He says "It's never been true". Again he repeats, he
does not believe it. He asks Sophie, "what does he look like"? So, he
does not seem to be convinced that Sophie met Casey.
5. How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of
her future?
Ans-
Sophie always shared her secrets with Geoff. She told him about her meeting
Danny Casey. She also told him about her plan to meet him next week. Geoff is
an apprentice mechanic. He speaks little. She was jealous of his silence. She
wishes she can share those unknown areas of his life. She fantasised riding
into the world behind Geoff.
6. Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
Ans-
No, currently not but she was so fascinated by his personality that she
imagined her meeting with him. She was a day dreamer and lived in a world of
fantasies.She created a mental picture of their meeting to overcome the sadness
of harsh realities.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q1 Danny had a freckled nose and the colour of his eyes was
(a)
grey
(b) green
(c)
blue
(d)
brown
Q2 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
Q3 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
Q4 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
Q5 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
Q6 Geoff had told about Sophie's meeting with Danny Casey to his
(a)
the entire neighbourhood
(b) Father
(c)
Jansie
(d)
the teachers in school
Q7 '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
Q 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
Q9 Danny Casey was a player in the football team of
(a) Ireland
(b)
Finland
(c)
England
(d)
Denmark
Q10 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
Q 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
Q 12 The father talked about a man who knew
(a)
Pele
(b)
Beckham
(c) Tom Finney
(d)
Jeffrey, Archer
Q 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
Q 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
Q 15 Geoff never took Sophie out with him because he thought she
was
(a)
immature
(b)
badly behaved
(c) too young
(d)
too restless
Q16 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
Q 17 Geoff had been out of school for a period of
(a) three years
(b)
five years
(c)
one year
(d)
two years
Q 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
Q 19 She wanted to be a designer like
(a)
Calvin Klein
(b)
Versace
(c)
Armani
(d) Mary Quant
Q 20 Sophie's best friend was
(a)
Derek
(b)
Geoff
(c) Jansie
(d) Danny
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Index
Flamingo | |
Poetry Section | |
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Prose Section | |
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8. | |
Vistas | |
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