The Cart
by Cesar Aira
A cart from a supermarket in my neighborhood was rolling along on its own, with no one pushing it. It was a cart just like all the others, made of thick wire, with four little rubber wheels (the front pair slightly closer together, which is what gives the vehicle its characteristic shape), and a bar coated with bright red plastic for steering it around. There was nothing to distinguish it from the two hundred other carts that belonged to that enormous supermarket, the biggest and busiest in the neighborhood. Except that the cart I’m referring to was the only one that moved on its own. It did this with infinite discretion: in the tumult that reigned on the premises from opening to closing time, to say nothing of the peak hours, its movement went unnoticed.
The Cart', by César Aira, translated by Chris Andrews, from THE MUSICAL BRAIN & OTHER STORIES, copyright ©2013 by Cesar Aira. Translation copyright © 2013 by Chris Andrews. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
Question
Use the passage below to answer the question.
Which evidence from the passage describes the physical appearance of the cart?
(1 point)
Responses
“There was nothing to distinguish it from the two hundred other carts that belonged to that enormous supermarket, the biggest and busiest in the neighborhood.”
“There was nothing to distinguish it from the two hundred other carts that belonged to that enormous supermarket, the biggest and busiest in the neighborhood.”
“A cart from a supermarket in my neighborhood was rolling along on its own, with no one pushing it.”
“A cart from a supermarket in my neighborhood was rolling along on its own, with no one pushing it.”
“It was a cart just like all the others, made of thick wire, with four little rubber wheels (the front pair slightly closer together, which is what gives the vehicle its characteristic shape), and a bar coated with bright red plastic for steering it around.”
“It was a cart just like all the others, made of thick wire, with four little rubber wheels (the front pair slightly closer together, which is what gives the vehicle its characteristic shape), and a bar coated with bright red plastic for steering it around.”
“Except that the cart I’m referring to was the only one that moved on its own.”