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Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?

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The two girls, Sophie and Jansie, were already destined for a job in the biscuit factory and it was likely that they would work there after school.

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पाठ 8: GOING PLACES - Think as you read [पृष्ठ ७९]

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पाठ 8 GOING PLACES
Think as you read | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ७९

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Answer the following in about 100125 words.

Has Sophie met Danny Casey? What details of her meeting with Danny Casey did she narrate to her brother?


Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words: 

Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams? 


Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words :

Give the socio-economic conditions in which Sophie lived should she have big dreams? Why? Why not?


Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words: 

Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?


Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words: 

Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?


Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words : 

Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot realise. Comment.


Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words : 

How different is Jansie from Sophie? 


Answer the following question in 120-150 words : 

It is not unusual for a lower middle class girl to dream big. How unrealistic were Sophie's dreams ?


Why did Jansie not approve of Sophie’s dream ? 


Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meanings from the context. 

1. incongruity           5. arcade
2. prodigy                 6. amber glow
3. chuffed                 7. wharf
4. solitary elm           8. pangs of doubt


What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her to have such dreams? 


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


Did Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?


How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of future?


Which country did Danny Casey play for? 


Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?


How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?


Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise?


What socio-economic background does Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?


Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny? 


Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey? 


Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?


Look for stories or movies where this theme of hero worship and fantasising about film or sports icons finds a place.


Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.

Why did Sophie wish to delve more deeply in 'her brother's affections'?


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