[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Nelson was scheduled to retire from their position at the company before Eric because 
OPTIONS:
- Nelson was younger.
- Eric was younger.

[A]: Eric was younger.
QUES: Continue writing.

For our 5:30 PM flight we took the 5 PM train, and were worried about time.  Fortunately, the 

OPTIONS:
- flight was early, so we caught our airplane in time.
- train was early, so we caught our airplane in time.
+++++++++
ANS: train was early, so we caught our airplane in time.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

Nick asked Robert for help filling out the housing application because 
OPTIONS:
- Nick did not understand the language.
- Robert did not understand the language.
Answer: Nick did not understand the language.
sentence: So  OPTIONS:
- Craig cleaned the house because Craig wants to live in a clean environment while Brian was messy.
- Brian cleaned the house because Craig wants to live in a clean environment while Brian was messy.
complete: Craig cleaned the house because Craig wants to live in a clean environment while Brian was messy.
they bought cups and left the fragile glasses on the shelf even though they needed both because the 
OPTIONS:
- glass strong.
- cups strong.
cups strong.
Problem: Continue the following story.

Jessica's wrist hurt so she took off the hot pack and applied some ice because the 
OPTIONS:
- hot pack was helpful.
- ice was helpful.
Here's how I want to continue it:
ice was helpful.