You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

[EX Q]: Mary decided she would stop drinking vodka, and only drink gin from now on, because she always seemed to have a hangover after drinking the _ .
[EX A]: vodka

[EX Q]: She had just gotten her first period not long ago, so she used a tampon with a string. She struggled to use the tampon because the _ was short.
[EX A]: string

[EX Q]: He tried to put all of the water into the bucket, but he couldn't because the _ was too much.
[EX A]:
water