Tonight marked the end of a long week , and Paul offered to take the kids home from my folks ' and put them to bed . We had two cars as he had , yet again , devoted a big chunk of his weekend to getting his parents ' house ready for sale -- a never - ending and thankless job if there ever was one . So I took him up on the offer and played hooky for a while . First , I drove down to the house Paul has been cleaning , emptying , repairing , painting , and re - wiring since June .

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Why were they making adjustments to the house ?
Select from the following. 1. The house was starting to fall apart . 2. None of the above choices . 3. They needed to improve the house before selling it . 4. They were having issues with the house that needed fixing .