Problem: How does the sentence end?

He was going to use his boat in the river but the 
OPTIONS:
- river was too old.
- boat was too old.
Answer: boat was too old.
sentence: We didn't want an address uptown, but looked downtown instead, since the  OPTIONS:
- uptown neighborhood was improving.
- downtown neighborhood was improving.
complete: downtown neighborhood was improving.
Tanya didn't get accepted by the college of her choice while Christine did, since 
OPTIONS:
- Tanya had a high SAT score.
- Christine had a high SAT score.
Christine had a high SAT score.
Input: Continue writing.

The house owned by Rebecca looked worse than the one of Natalie because 
OPTIONS:
- Rebecca took care of their bushes.
- Natalie took care of their bushes.

Continued: Natalie took care of their bushes.
Story needs to be completed:
Saving money was easy for Cynthia but not Monica because 
OPTIONS:
- Cynthia did not have consistent spending habits.
- Monica did not have consistent spending habits.

My choice:
Monica did not have consistent spending habits.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

Victoria didn't believe Cynthia would ever recover from being paralyzed so she was shocked when 
OPTIONS:
- Victoria stood up.
- Cynthia stood up.
Answer:
Cynthia stood up.