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: John received a new car or his birthday, but he still liked his old truck better, because the _ was slow.

SOLUTION: car

PROBLEM: Mike was hit by the gun at his foot then killed by the bat on his head, the effect of the _ was minimum.

SOLUTION: gun

PROBLEM: I needed to make a copy of my birth certificate. I had to choose between black and white or colored. The _ is more expensive.

SOLUTION:
colored