Problem: How does the sentence end?

The paste applied on the brush could not cover it all. The
OPTIONS:
- paste is small.
- brush is small.
Answer: paste is small.

sentence: Since Maria owned their own company and Kayla was currently unemployed, OPTIONS:
- Maria had no employees.
- Kayla had no employees.
complete: Kayla had no employees.

Lawrence was a fake person but Steven was genuine, as
OPTIONS:
- Lawrence was comfortable and didn't care too much about others' opinions.
- Steven was comfortable and didn't care too much about others' opinions.
Steven was comfortable and didn't care too much about others' opinions.

Input: Continue writing.

I hated the ceremony as opposed to the graduation because the
OPTIONS:
- ceremony was done well.
- graduation was done well.

Continued: graduation was done well.

Story needs to be completed:
Luis preferred redheads. He was interested in the girl with the skirt and not the girl with the dress because the hair of the girl with the
OPTIONS:
- skirt was blonder.
- dress was blonder.

My choice:
dress was blonder.

Problem: How does the sentence end?

The puppy chased the ball instead of the stick because the
OPTIONS:
- ball had a duller color.
- stick had a duller color.
Answer:
stick had a duller color.