Going Places Text-Flamingo Text-Flamingo Q3 Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract for a better understanding

Going Places Text-Flamingo

Q3 Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract

A “She thinks money grows on trees, don’t she, Dad?’ said little Derek,

hanging on the back of his father’s chair. Their mother sighed. Sophie

watched her back stooped over the sink and wondered at the incongruity of

the delicate bow which fastened her apron strings. The delicate-seeming

bow and the crooked back. The evening had already blacked in the

windows and the small room was steamy from the stove and cluttered with

the heavy-breathing man in his vest at the table and the dirty washing piled

up in the corner. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat. She went to look for

her brother Geoff.

i Choose the correct option about Sophie’s parents based on the extract

given above.

a) Sophie’s parents’ marriage was an example of harmony and

affection.

b) Sophie’s relationship with her parents was warm and friendly.

c) Sophie’s mother was subdued while her father was detached.

d) Sophie and her brother didn’t like to stay with their parents.

ii Choose the option that supports the contention coming through Derek’s

dialogue, “She thinks money grows on trees, don’t she, Dad?”.

a) Derek thought his sister to be unreasonable at times.

b) Derek had no faith in Sophie’s abilities to open a boutique.

c) Derek thought of his sister as someone who was not realistic.

d) Derek was not at all happy about Sophie’s habit of day dreaming.

iii It could be inferred that Sophie’s mother was fatigued and burdened.

Choose the option listing the elements that form the basis of this inference.

a) her sigh

b) her delicate bow

c) her apron’s strings

d) her crooked back

a) 1, 2

b) 3, 4

c) 2, 3

d) 1, 4

iv “Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.” Pick the option that lists Sophie’s

feelings in this context.

1) anxious

2) annoyed

3) uneasy

4) terrified

a) Options 1 & 3

b) Options 2 & 3

c) Options 1 & 4

d) Options 2 & 4

B On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to watch United. Sophie

and her father and little Derek went down near the goal — Geoff, as

always, went with his mates higher up. United won two-nil and Casey drove

in the second goal, a blend of innocence and Irish genius, going round the

two big defenders on the edge of the penalty area, with her father

screaming for him to pass, and beating the hesitant goalkeeper from a

dozen yards. Sophie glowed with pride. Afterwards Geoff was ecstatic.

i Their visit to the match was like a ‘weekly pilgrimage’ refers to

a) strong bond as a family.

b) love for a fixed routine.

c) similar feelings of devotion.

d) excitement for the match.

ii Based on the following statements, choose the correct option.

Assertion: “Geoff, as always, went with his mates higher up.”

Reason 1: Geoff was not very close to his family and lived in his own world.

Reason 2: Geoff was rude and indifferent towards everyone around him and

didn’t care about anyone at all.

a) Reason 1 and Reason 2 both can be inferred from the assertion.

b) Reason 1 can be inferred but Reason 2 cannot be inferred from the

assertion.

c) Reason 1 cannot be inferred but Reason 2 can be inferred.

d) Reason 1 and Reason 2 both cannot be inferred.

iii ‘Sophie glowed with pride.’ Her pride is the result of

a) belonging to a region where everyone thought of Danny as a hero.

b) watching her father cheer and support Danny.

c) The information she gathered from her brother, about Danny.

d) being an avid fan and her sense of closeness with Danny.

Stand Alone MCQs

i Choose the option listing the possible titular justifications for the chapter

‘Going Places’.

1. It includes the system of going to watch the football game on a

regular basis.

2. It expresses Sophie’s deepest desire to go out with Danny Casey.

3. It is about a girl named Sophie who is an idealist and often dreams of

going to various places.

4. It is an idiomatic expression that refers to Sophie going ahead in her

career, trying to beat poverty.

a) 1, 2

b) 2, 3

c) 3, 4

d) 1, 4

iii “He said little at all, ever, voluntarily. Words had to be prized out of him like

stones out of the ground.”

Choose the option that states the characteristics of the person being talked

about in the above lines.

1) rigid

2) stubborn

3) distant

4) invincible

5) reserved

a) 1, 4

b) 2, 5

c) 2, 3

d) 3, 5

iv “Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became

melancholy.”

Choose the option that DOES NOT make the correct usage of the word

‘earmarked’.

a) The money in the locker had been earmarked for another purpose.

b) The investments made in the share market were earmarked for two

years.

c) Lakshay and Samrat were earmarked for behaving notoriously in the

classroom.

d) My family had been earmarked since we had shifted from our old

home

A. i. (c) ii. (c) iii. (d) iv. (a) B. i. (c) ii. (b) iii. (d) iv. (b) Q5 i. (c)  iii. (d) iv. (a)