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]: He kicked the ball towards the hoop, but he missed it, because the _ stopped.
[EX A]: ball

[EX Q]: Wendy took the advice from her father and not her younger brother because her _ had a dearth of experience.
[EX A]: brother

[EX Q]: Nobody was able to decipher the language in the book, because the _ was very old.
[EX A]:
book