Ques: Here's a short story: Marcus's son took the pool ball off the pool table to play with it around the house. The son noticed that the pool ball rolled a longer distance on the marble floor than on the shag rug. The smoother surface is (A) the marble floor or (B) the shag rug..  What is the most sensical answer between "marble floor" and  "shag rug"?
Ans: marble floor

Ques: Here's a short story: A train travels at a greater rate of speed while on tracks than while rolling over gravel. This means that the _____ creates more friction (A) tracks (B) gravel.  What is the most sensical answer between "tracks" and  "gravel"?
Ans: gravel

Ques: Here's a short story: Smokey the bear ran fast on flatland but had to scale the trees slowly because they had (A) more resistance (B) less resistance.  What is the most sensical answer between "up a tree" and  "flat land"?
Ans: up a tree

Ques: Here's a short story: Ellus rode his skateboard smoothly on the asphalt, and bumpier through the bed of roses. The asphalt has (A) more smoothness (B) less smoothness..  What is the most sensical answer between "bed of roses" and  "asphalt"?
Ans:
bed of roses