A. THINK AS YOU READ :
1. Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school ?
Ans - They were most likely to find work in a biscuit factory related to them .
2. What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of ? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams ?
Ans - Sophie was dreaming of buying a boutique , to become a manager in a big company . Then she dreamt of becoming an actress or a fashion designer . After having enough money she planned to have a shop the best in the town .
B. THINK AS YOU READ :
1. Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey ?
Ans - Already Sophie was afraid of her father . Now she was afraid that her father would cold her for these unrealistic dreams , so she wriggled in fear .
2. Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey ?
Ans - No did not believe at all what Sophie told him about her meeting with Danny Casey .
3. Does her father believe her story ?
Ans - No , he never believes in her stories . This time also , he gets irritated to war about Sophie's talks and turns back in disdain .
4. How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future ?
Ans- Sophie trusted her mother and felt that he would never let her down . So she told her imaginary story that she met Danny Casey - the famous player near a shop . He looked handsome and talked to her nicely . She was getting happy for nothing and tries to include her brother in her fantasies .
5. Which country did Danny play for ?
Ans- Danny played for Ireland .
C. THINK AS YOU READ :
1. Why didn't Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny ?
Ans - May be she wanted to enjoy her dreams secretly and without any risk . She thought that from Jansie the entire locality would get to know about her stories and would get to know about her stories and would make up other rumours . Finally her father would get terribly angry and would badly punish her , even kill her .
2. Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey ?
Ans - No, she never really met him .
3. Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person ?
Ans - When she went to see a match she saw Danny Casey playing .
D. UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT :
1. Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends . What were the difference between them that show up in the story ?
Ans - Sophie was a very ambitious girl , so much so that she forgets to mark a line between her reality of a poor life and her false dreams . She aspires for such a high life which seems beyond her altogether . Jansie , on the contrary , was a simple girl who was aware of her real life . She was aware of her weakness and limitations of her reality , so she did not dream of false things .
2. How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie's father ?
Ans - Sophie's father seems to a little irresponsible man who goes to the pub and did not think enough about his family . But he did not like Sophie's habit of nurturing false dreams . He kept warning her that one day she would put herself in big trouble for those imaginary stories .
3. Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person ? From her perspective , what did he symbolize ?
Ans - Sophie was fond of her elder brother Geoff and thought that he would never let her down . He was always available to listen to her stories and secrets . So , she liked him the most . For her he symbolized a true friend to trust .
4. What socio- economic background did Sophie belong to ? What are the indicators of her family's financial status ?
Ans - Sophie came from a simple middle class family . From their small and untidy house , from her mother doing all the household work it becomes clear that they were not well - off .
E. Additional Question and Answers :
1. Who was Sophie ? Who was her friend ?
Ans - Sophie is a school girl . Jansie is her friend and classmate .
2. What are the plans which she tells Jansie about ?
Ans - She tells Jansie that after school she would buy a boutique . She would work as the manager of a company and save money and then she would have the best shop in the town . She also plans to become an actress or a fashion designer .
3. How does Jansie react to Sophie ?
Ans - Jansie warns Sophie against those far - fetched false dreams .
4. Why does Jansie warn Sophie ?
Ans - Jansie was aware of her real life . Sophie too belonged to a poor family and her dreams would never come true . So, Jansie tried to make her accept the reality and not dream too high .
5. Whom does Sophie rely on ? Why ?
Ans - Sophie relied on her elder brother Geoff because she felt she can share her stories with him and he would never let her down
