The Invention of the Shopping Cart — Questions and answers

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What tool did Camila ask Tao to hand her?

Choices

  1. A flower
  2. Pruning shears ✓
  3. A watering can
  4. A gardening glove

Answer: Pruning shears

From page 1

What was the name of the man Tao met who was the owner of the Humpty Dumpty grocery store chain?

Choices

  1. Plato
  2. Leonardo
  3. Sylvan Goldman ✓
  4. Humpty Dumpty

Answer: Sylvan Goldman

From page 5

What gave Sylvan Goldman the 'big idea' for the shopping cart?

Choices

  1. Watching birds fly
  2. Seeing people carry suitcases on folding chairs at train stations ✓
  3. Reading a book about wheels
  4. Getting advice from his aunt

Answer: Seeing people carry suitcases on folding chairs at train stations

From page 6

Why did Goldman have to hire models to push the shopping carts?

Choices

  1. To teach people how to use them
  2. To make the carts stronger
  3. To make the carts look appealing so people would want to use them ✓
  4. To clean the carts after use

Answer: To make the carts look appealing so people would want to use them

From page 7

By what year were almost all supermarkets in the country using shopping carts?

Choices

  1. 1936
  2. 1945
  3. 1950 ✓
  4. 2000

Answer: 1950

From page 8

What did Tao tell Camila he learned about the invention of the shopping cart?

Choices

  1. It was invented by accident.
  2. It was invented because one man saw a problem and found a solution. ✓
  3. It was invented by a group of scientists.
  4. It was invented to carry flowers.

Answer: It was invented because one man saw a problem and found a solution.

From page 9

What famous quote did Tao share with Camila at the end of the story?

Choices

  1. "Look before you leap!"
  2. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!" ✓
  3. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!"
  4. "Where there's a will, there's a way!"

Answer: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!"

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