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.

[EX Q]: Mike was hit by the gun at his foot then killed by the bat on his head, the effect of the _ was minimum.
[EX A]: gun

[EX Q]: The sick man took tissues from the box to blow his nose and put them in the waste basket until the _ was empty.
[EX A]: box

[EX Q]: Robin was not sure how much water and rice to put in to make sticky rice, so she put in a lot of the _ and it was too dry.
[EX A]:
rice