Problem: How does the sentence end?

The biting wind froze the pipe but not the chimney, as the 
OPTIONS:
- pipe was adequately insulated.
- chimney was adequately insulated.
Answer: chimney was adequately insulated.
sentence: Jessica wants to clean colored grout so she asks her friend Rebecca for help, because  OPTIONS:
- Jessica doesn't know how to do it.
- Rebecca doesn't know how to do it.
complete: Jessica doesn't know how to do it.
Wanting to attract a man, the woman chose to wear the sweater instead of the shirt, because the 
OPTIONS:
- sweater looked more sexy.
- shirt looked more sexy.
sweater looked more sexy.
Input: Continue writing.

Julia had to remove a piece of wood from the doorway to get the furniture to fit. The 
OPTIONS:
- doorway was narrow.
- furniture was narrow.

Continued: doorway was narrow.
Story needs to be completed:
While checking the spreadsheet, Michael found what he thought was a mistake by Lawrence, and 
OPTIONS:
- Michael defended his supposedly wrong data entry.
- Lawrence defended his supposedly wrong data entry.

My choice:
Lawrence defended his supposedly wrong data entry.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

Ben preferred to use the phone to keep track of the passing years instead of a calendar, since the 
OPTIONS:
- calendar was portable.
- phone was portable.
Answer:
phone was portable.