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.

Q: The man could not jump over the wall, but easily hopped over the fence, because the _ was shorter.

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

A: bread
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Q: The boy was more confident saying his speech in the gym than in the classroom because there were less people in the _ .

A:
gym
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