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]: There was a journal and a book on the nightstand. I picked up the _ to continue writing from where I left off.
[EX A]: journal

[EX Q]: The page of the newspaper took longer to read than the page of the magazine because there were less sentences on the page of the _ .
[EX A]: magazine

[EX Q]: The rats fled their holes for the open spaces since the _ were crowded for them.
[EX A]:
holes