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The company hired Brian but not Neil for the accounting job because 

OPTIONS:
- Brian was great with numbers.
- Neil was great with numbers.
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ANS: Brian was great with numbers.


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Stepping on the thumbtack caused more pain that stepping on the nail because the 

OPTIONS:
- thumbtack was sharper.
- nail was sharper.
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ANS: thumbtack was sharper.


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The mall was closer to Lawrence than Dennis, so 

OPTIONS:
- Lawrence always went shopping and eating out there.
- Dennis always went shopping and eating out there.
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ANS: Lawrence always went shopping and eating out there.


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The children were afraid to go in the kitchen, but loved the basement, as the 

OPTIONS:
- kitchen was a foreboding place.
- basement was a foreboding place.
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ANS:
kitchen was a foreboding place.