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


question:
I used the lotion more than the serum because the _ made my skin oily.
answer:
serum


question:
They transferred the job from the office to the branch, as the _ deemed this kind of work critical.
answer:

branch