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.

Q: The pine trees were still green in December, but the oak trees were not, because the _ keep their leaves in fall.

A: pine trees
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Q: When the boy threw his fishing line, hook, bobber and sinker into the water it went right to the bottom because the _ was too heavy.

A: sinker
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Q: The man couldn't decide on whether to drink a beer or a whiskey drink. The _ was lighter, so he went with that.

A:
beer
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