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

[EX Q]: As Mike visited the arctic his fever calmed down due to the _ being cold and not hot.
[EX A]: arctic

[EX Q]: When Linda began to panic, her husband brought her into the bedroom instead of the living room because it was quiet in the _ .
[EX A]:
bedroom