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I liked to imagine it in the solitude and silence of midnight, rolling very slowly through the dimness, like a little boat full of holes setting off in search of adventure, knowledge, and (why not?) love. But what could it find in that array of dairy products, vegetables, noodles, soft drinks, and canned peas, which was all it knew of the world? Nevertheless, it didn’t lose hope, but resumed its navigations, or never interrupted them, like someone who knows that his efforts are futile but keeps trying all the same. Someone who keeps trying because he has pinned his hopes on the transformation of everyday banality into dream and portent. I think I identified with it, and that identification, I think, was how I discovered it in the first place. Paradoxically, for a writer who feels so distant and different from his colleagues, I felt close to that shopping cart. Even our respective techniques were similar: progressing by imperceptible increments, which add up to make a long journey; not looking too far ahead; urban themes.%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AUse the passage below to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich inference is best supported by the details in the passage?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThe narrator uses imagination to escape the boredom of daily life. The narrator uses imagination to escape the boredom of daily life. The narrator feels a sense of hopelessness. The narrator feels a sense of hopelessness. The narrator believes the cart is evil. The narrator believes the cart is evil. The narrator’s writing is often set in distant lands far in the future.

Answer 1

The inference best supported by the details in the passage is: **The narrator uses imagination to escape the boredom of daily life.**

The passage describes the narrator's imaginative approach to viewing the shopping cart and its journey, indicating a desire to transform mundane experiences into something more meaningful. The way the narrator reflects on the cart's "search for adventure, knowledge, and (why not?) love" suggests that they use imagination as a means to cope with and elevate the routine aspects of life.