[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Adam had a really tiny bathroom in his house unlike Joel because 
OPTIONS:
- Adam was poor.
- Joel was poor.

[A]: Adam was poor.
QUES: Continue writing.

The woman wanted to put the bin in the garage but the 

OPTIONS:
- bin was too small.
- garage was too small.
+++++++++
ANS: garage was too small.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

James cannot search the records for his inventory within the time given to him. The 
OPTIONS:
- search is a short one.
- time is a short one.
Answer: time is a short one.
sentence: The gardener is having trouble using a pole trimmer to reach the top of a bush to trim it flat because the  OPTIONS:
- pole is too high.
- bush is too high.
complete: bush is too high.
Derrick took much inspiration from the life story of Nick, so 
OPTIONS:
- Derrick received from him a letter.
- Nick received from him a letter.
Nick received from him a letter.
Problem: Continue the following story.

The shopper took the bags from the cart and put them in the trunk of his car until the 
OPTIONS:
- trunk was empty.
- cart was empty.
Here's how I want to continue it:
cart was empty.