TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Larry used the microwave instead of the stove to cook his food because the _ cooked faster.

SOLUTION: microwave

PROBLEM: Laura likes to pretend to enjoy eating bread more than candy even though she finds the _ to be so bland.

SOLUTION: bread

PROBLEM: The paint brush couldn't fit inside of the storage box because the _ was too short.

SOLUTION:
box