[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Joe knew that planets are closer to the sun than stars and that the 

[A]: planets were much smaller.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

He stayed in the living room while sick, and avoided the bedroom, because the 

[A]: living room was closest to the bathroom.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

John preferred to use white sauce rather than marinara sauce on his pasta because he did not like tomatoes and the 

[A]:
white sauce tastes less like tomatoes.