[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Kelsi took piano lessons instead of guitar lessons because it costed too much to learn to play the 
OPTIONS:
- guitar .
- piano .

[A]: guitar .
QUES: Continue writing.

We left a statue at the grave instead of a plant since the 

OPTIONS:
- plant would be ruined by the weather.
- statue would be ruined by the weather.
+++++++++
ANS: plant would be ruined by the weather.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

Maria wanted a pet bird while Kayla was against it, as 
OPTIONS:
- Maria had hated birds since they were a child.
- Kayla had hated birds since they were a child.
Answer: Kayla had hated birds since they were a child.
sentence: Ian was asked by Kevin to help with their taxes because  OPTIONS:
- Ian was a successful, trained accountant.
- Kevin was a successful, trained accountant.
complete: Ian was a successful, trained accountant.
Her punch made a big hole in the door but stopped at the window behind it, because the 
OPTIONS:
- door was so shoddy.
- window was so shoddy.
door was so shoddy.
Problem: Continue the following story.

The drying machine was disposable at this point, but we still relied on the washboard, as the 
OPTIONS:
- drying machine was antiquated at this point.
- washboard was antiquated at this point.
Here's how I want to continue it:
drying machine was antiquated at this point.