Problem: How does the sentence end?

Christine is opening an organic store and asks if Rachel wants to work for her, because
OPTIONS:
- Christine needs employees.
- Rachel needs employees.
Answer: Christine needs employees.

sentence: we replaced the barbed wire fencing with the electric fencing because the OPTIONS:
- barbed was unreliable.
- electric was unreliable.
complete: barbed was unreliable.

Matthew carried a knife with them for protection but Benjamin carried a gun.
OPTIONS:
- Matthew shot the mugger who assualted them.
- Benjamin shot the mugger who assualted them.
Benjamin shot the mugger who assualted them.

Input: Continue writing.

Because Angela was allergic to flowers and Amy was not,
OPTIONS:
- Angela hated having flowers in the house even though she thought they were pretty.
- Amy hated having flowers in the house even though she thought they were pretty.

Continued: Angela hated having flowers in the house even though she thought they were pretty.

Story needs to be completed:
His wound on his arm looked a lot worse than his scratch, because the
OPTIONS:
- wound was shallower.
- scratch was shallower.

My choice:
scratch was shallower.

Problem: How does the sentence end?

Ryan found a lot of gold while panning for it, but Matthew did not, so
OPTIONS:
- Ryan was very disappointed.
- Matthew was very disappointed.
Answer:
Matthew was very disappointed.