Problem: How does the sentence end?

Even with the money, the child was only able to afford the sandwich and not the salad because the 
OPTIONS:
- sandwich was overpriced.
- salad was overpriced.
Answer: salad was overpriced.
sentence: The offensive photos that showed what happened at the various events had to be removed because the  OPTIONS:
- photos were proper.
- events were proper.
complete: events were proper.
John was texturing the drywall in the living room with a brush but the 
OPTIONS:
- brush was too hard.
- drywall was too hard.
drywall was too hard.
Input: Continue writing.

Joel would constantly spill things and make Kevin clean it up because 
OPTIONS:
- Joel was being bullied.
- Kevin was being bullied.

Continued: Kevin was being bullied.
Story needs to be completed:
The planted seedlings weren't growing as quickly in the backyard like in the front yard because the 
OPTIONS:
- backyard has more sunlight.
- front yard has more sunlight.

My choice:
front yard has more sunlight.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

To save the ship, we had to lose the anchor and not the lifeboat since the 
OPTIONS:
- anchor was heavy.
- lifeboat was heavy.
Answer:
anchor was heavy.