[Q]: How does the sentence end?

My friend renovated both her kitchen and bathroom. Her kitchen came off better, because the 
OPTIONS:
- bathroom looks dated.
- kitchen looks dated.

[A]: bathroom looks dated.
QUES: Continue writing.

The taxes on the lot in the city were less than the taxes in on the property in the country because the 

OPTIONS:
- country lot was bigger.
- city lot was bigger.
+++++++++
ANS: country lot was bigger.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

Being a cat wise, Dennis bought a short haired cat, while Ryan went for a long haired cat and consequently 
OPTIONS:
- Dennis spent less time grooming their cat.
- Ryan spent less time grooming their cat.
Answer: Dennis spent less time grooming their cat.
sentence: It was a surprise to learn they had spent more time at the vineyard than the castle because the  OPTIONS:
- castle was very interesting.
- vineyard was very interesting.
complete: castle was very interesting.
Steven only had one ear but Jeffrey had two. This meant that 
OPTIONS:
- Steven was very symmetrical.
- Jeffrey was very symmetrical.
Jeffrey was very symmetrical.
Problem: Continue the following story.

John could not hear the sound of the revolver when listening to the radio because the 
OPTIONS:
- radio is closer.
- revolver is closer.
Here's how I want to continue it:
radio is closer.