beginning with the sympathy I felt for the cart, then the sympathy I felt for myself, and more generally my sympathy for miracles. I wasn’t surprised by the fact of it speaking; I had been expecting that. Perhaps I felt that our re­lationship had matured to the point where linguistic signs were appropriate. I knew that the moment had come for it to say something to me (for example that it admired me and loved me and was on my side). I bent down next to it, pretending to tie my shoelaces, so that I could put my ear to the wire mesh on its side, and then I was able to hear its voice, a whisper from the underside of the world, and yet the words were perfectly clear and distinct:

Question

“I am Evil.”

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which answer choices explain what is left uncertain in this passage? Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

why the cart is evil
why the cart is evil

how the cart sounded to the narrator
how the cart sounded to the narrator

what the narrator wanted the cart to say
what the narrator wanted the cart to say

whether the cart really talked or the narrator imagined it
whether the cart really talked or the narrator imagined it

how the narrator reacts to the cart saying it is evil
how the narrator reacts to the cart saying it is evil
Remaining Attempts : 3

Answer 1

The two correct answers that explain what is left uncertain in the passage are:

• why the cart is evil
• whether the cart really talked or the narrator imagined it

These aspects are not explicitly resolved in the text, leaving room for interpretation and ambiguity.