[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The stove was useless to prepare the meal, so we used the microwave instead, as the 
OPTIONS:
- stove was functioning.
- microwave was functioning.

[A]: microwave was functioning.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The case handle eventually broke while James used it to haul the brass bar. The 
OPTIONS:
- bar is light.
- case is light.

[A]: case is light.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

It took a long time for Mary to heal from her fallout with Tanya as 
OPTIONS:
- Mary was just more sensitive.
- Tanya was just more sensitive.

[A]:
Mary was just more sensitive.