In this passage, the author leaves some details uncertain to make readers wonder how the cart moved on its own.
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. It was used like all the other carts, filled with food, drink, and cleaning products, unloaded at the cash registers, pushed hurriedly from one aisle to the next, and if the shoppers let it go and saw it roll a fraction of an inch, they assumed that it was being carried along by momentum.
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 to answer the question.
In this passage, the author leaves some details uncertain to make readers wonder what about the cart?
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What the cart looked like.
What the cart looked like.
What people used the cart for.
What people used the cart for.
How the cart moved on its own.
How the cart moved on its own.
How many carts were at the market.
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