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.

I avoided the live wire but not the fence it ran along because the _ was safe to touch.
fence

James could not finish writing his essay within the minute the teacher gave him. The _ is long.
essay

At the school, the gym is being renovated, but the classroom is not. The _ is newer.

classroom