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.

Shooting deaths were frequent in the town, but not in the village, as firearms were prevalent in the _ .
town

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.
sinker

Traffic was heavy in the evening but had lessened by morning, as the _ is when lots of cars entered the highway.

evening