Solution of Chapter 8. Going Places (Flamingo Book)

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

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

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

Does Geoff believes what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?

Does her father believe her story?

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

Which country did Danny Casey play for?

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?

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 symbolize?

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

Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind.

It is natural for teenagers to have unrealistic dreams. What would you say are the benefits and disadvantages of such fantasizing?

• Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.

• Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.

• If he “keeps his head on his shoulders.”

• On Saturday “they made their weekly pilgrimage” to the United.

• She saw… him ghost past the lumbering defenders.

Pick out five other sentences from the story in which present participles are used in this sense.

Notice these words in the story.

• “chuffed”, meaning delighted or very pleased

• “nosey”, meaning inquisitive

• “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly.

These are words that are used in an informal way in colloquial speech.

Make a list of ten other words of this kind.

– Think of a person who you would like to have as your role model.

– Write down the points to be discussed or questions to be asked, if you were asked to interview that person on a television show.

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