Given a sentence with a missing word, pick the answer option that best fills out the missing word in the sentence. Indicate each answer with its index ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd').

[Q]: Widowed men are ____ times as likely to be murdered.\Question: Choose the right answer from options given a) two b) four c) three d) no
[A]: b


[Q]: Bloody diarrhea lasts for two to ____ days.\Question: Choose the right answer from options given a) nine b) five c) three d) no
[A]: b


[Q]: Pupae are present about ____ days before a new generation of adults begins to emerge.\Question: Choose the right answer from options given a) nine b) ten c) one d) eight
[A]:
b