Chapter 8 Going Places Solutions
Question - 21 : - Did Geoff keep up his promise? How do you know?
Answer - 21 : -
Geoff didn’t keep his promise to Sophie. Sophie told Ge
Jansie, about it. However, Geoff never revealed the full story, as he did not tell Jansie about Sophie’s supposed ‘date’ with Danny Casey.
Question - 22 : - off about her meeting with Danny Casey at the Royce. Geoff told the story to Frank who in turn told his sister, Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff s silence?
Answer - 22 : -
Geoff never spoke much. Sophie always pondered over the areas of his life which he never talked about. His world remained a fascination for her. She felt that when he was not speaking, his mind was away at some unknown place, and so she felt jealous of h
Question - 23 : - Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her meeting with Danny?
Answer - 23 : -
ophie didn’t want Jansie to know about her meeting with Danny Casey because Jansie was a blabbermouth. The moment she knew of someone’s secret, the whole neighborhood would get to know of it. Sophie didn’t want this meeting to reach her father’s ears or else she would be in trouble.
Question - 24 : - Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?
Answer - 24 : -
Sophie’s father considered her to be a daydreamer. She knew that he would not believe her meeting with Danny Casey and he would be rather angry with her. She wriggled as she knew her father would scold her for having such wild fantasies.
Question - 25 : - Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
Answer - 25 : -
only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person was when she, along with her family, went to watch a football match of their team. United. Sophie was sitting among st the spectators and could see her hero Casey only from a distance.
Question - 26 : - Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from entertaining thoughts about the sports-star, Danny Casey?
Answer - 26 : -
Jansie was a realist and not a daydreamer like Sophie. She discouraged Sophie from entertaining thoughts about the sports-star, Dapny Casey because she knew that her dreams were far from reality.
Question - 27 : - ‘Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing not a Jansie thing.’ Why did Sophie say so?
Answer - 27 : -
Sophie knew that her friend Jansie was a bit nosy. She was also a rumor monger. Sophie feared that Jansie would spread the story about this meeting with Danny and then people would come to her house asking about it. That was why she was annoyed with her brother Geoff for telling others the information she shared with him.
Question - 28 : - What thoughts came to Sophie’s mind as she sat by the canal?
Answer - 28 : -
Sophie was waiting for Danny Casey, sitting by the canal. In the beginning, she imagined him coming, and even began to fantasize his actions and dialogues. However, after some time, when he did not turn up, reality hit her and she became sad. She thought that her family would never believe her. She also thought that Geoff would be disappointed.
Question - 29 : - How did Sophie’s father react when Geoff told him about her meeting with Danny Casey? Does her father believe her story?
Answer - 29 : -
Sophie’s father is a realist to the core and is quite critical of her daydreaming. He does not believe in Sophie’s story at all and dismisses it as another of her wild fantasies. When Geoff tells him about Sophie’s chance encounter with Danny Casey, the Irish prodigy, he expresses disdain and rubbishes her story. He warns Sophie that such concocted stories will land her into trouble some day.
Question - 30 : - Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
Answer - 30 : -
Geoff finds it hard to believe the story of Sophie’s meeting Danny Casey. He knew that her stories were never true and he couldn’t believe this one as well. Sophie tries to convince him by even describing Casey’s appearance. He might have believed her story partially, for he tells about it to Jansie’s brother Frank.