Mary preferred hiking over camping on the weekends because the
OPTIONS:
- hiking required too much stuff.
- camping required too much stuff.
camping required too much stuff.

The maid tried to hide the clothes in the hampers but the
OPTIONS:
- hampers were too small.
- clothes were too small.
hampers were too small.

Jean was writing a long story on paper by using ink, but had to stop short because the
OPTIONS:
- ink was scarce.
- writing was scarce.
ink was scarce.