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.

The car engine outperformed the bus engine simply because the _ was inefficient during the test run.
bus

My friend Jose always came to my house less he went to Sam's home, because the _ was farther from him.
house

The toilet is worse than my wife's closet because the _ is a small space.

toilet