[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Cara wore her old backpack instead of taking her new satchel to school, because the 
OPTIONS:
- backpack would be cheap to replace.
- satchel would be cheap to replace.

[A]: backpack would be cheap to replace.
QUES: Continue writing.

Frank needed clean leggings to wear after tripping in mud and getting his stirrup pants dirty, so he decided on capris. He took off the 

OPTIONS:
- stirrup pants because they were dirty.
- capris because they were dirty.
+++++++++
ANS: stirrup pants because they were dirty.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

Ryan smelled the smoke before Joseph did because 
OPTIONS:
- Ryan was sitting closer to the fire.
- Joseph was sitting closer to the fire.
Answer: Ryan was sitting closer to the fire.
sentence: John was not comfortable with the vase placed beside the load on the seat because the  OPTIONS:
- vase is quite fragile.
- load is quite fragile.
complete: vase is quite fragile.
John was not comfortable with the vase placed beside the load on the seat because the 
OPTIONS:
- vase is quite strong.
- load is quite strong.
load is quite strong.
Problem: Continue the following story.

yesterday the noodle would not fit into the boat because the 
OPTIONS:
- noodle was too small.
- boat was too small.
Here's how I want to continue it:
boat was too small.