Going Places Part 1

Who is A. R. Barton?

• A modern writer
• author of Going Places
• lives in Zurich and writes in English
• All these

What theme does Barton explore in this story?

• theme of children's happiness
• theme of adolescent fantasising and hero worship
• theme of elderly people's happiness
• theme of individual happiness

What is the sub theme of the story?

• Relationships- family and friends
• friends
• family members
• adolescents

What is the significance of the subject discussed in the lesson?

• it tells how to deal with friends
• it tells how to behave smartly
• immediate relevance to the life of school leavers
• it tells how to behave with elderly

What are the literary devices used in the lesson?

• metaphorical expressions and slangs
• similes
• irony
• none

what is the meaning of the word “chuffed”?

• meaning delighted or very pleased
• meaning not happy
• meaning frustated
• none

what is the meaning of the words :“nosey”, “gawky”?

• “nosey”, meaning inquisitive and “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly.
• noisy and beautiful
• noisy and useful
• noisy and gainful

The story Going Places revolve around whom?

• a fat boy
• an old couple
• a teenage girl Sophie, her family and friends
• none

What kind of girl is Sophie ?

• a happy go lucky kind
• a realistic
• Day dreamer
• a naughty child

What is Sophie in reality?

• a dreamer
• a fighter
• a worker at Biscuit factory
• none