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]: Shooting deaths were frequent in the town, but not in the village, as firearms were prevalent in the _ .
[EX A]: town

[EX Q]: The store sold out of cookies long before salads because the _ were too boring.
[EX A]: salads

[EX Q]: The chef was asked too cook the sirloin  well-done and the t-bone rare, so he put a light char on the _ .
[EX A]:
t-bone