[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The list of players on the baseball team was shorter than that of the basketball team because everyone loved 

[A]: basketball .


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Monica would rather stay home reading whilst Felicia preferred to go to a party as 

[A]: Monica was very introverted.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Elena was asked by Rachel to plant the poppy seeds because 

[A]:
Elena had a green thumb.