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]: No one wants to go to the village again and we decided to be meeting at the store. The _ is close.
[EX A]: store

[EX Q]: Chris changed out of his basketball shorts into swimming trunks before jumping in the river, because the _ were looser.
[EX A]: shorts

[EX Q]: The chinchilla was diagnosed with respiratory disease, so the vet prescribed it medicine and homeopathic treatment. The _ worked well since it was backed by science.
[EX A]:
medicine