You are given a paragraph, with numbered sentences, and a question. Write the numbers of the sentences needed to answer the given question. Separate multiple sentence numbers with a comma (", "). E.g. "1, 2" would be the correct response if Sent 1 and Sent 2 are needed to answer the given question (do not include sentences that contain no information that is necessary to answer the question). Sort the sentence numbers in an increasing order (i.e., '1, 2', instead of '2, 1'). Your answer should not contain anything than the sentence numbers separated by a comma (e.g. '1, 2, 3, 4'). The given question requires more than one sentence to answer. So, your answer must contain at least one comma (", ").
One example is below.
Q: Paragraph- Sent 1: A Republican bid to keep the government open past Friday includes no new money for the construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to several congressional aides familiar with ongoing talks.
Sent 2: GOP leaders submitted the new offer Tuesday afternoon in an effort to appease Democrats, whose votes are needed to avert a shutdown of federal agencies, several House and Senate aides said.
Sent 3: However, Republicans also insisted on increases in border security and defense spending, including money to repair existing fencing and new surveillance technology to patrol the nearly 2,000-mile border.
Sent 4: Democrats have indicated that they would support such appropriations so long as no money goes toward an actual wall.
Question: Who has to be appeased to keep the government open?.
A: 1, 2.
Rationale: The question is: Who has to be appeased to keep the government open? The phrase "appease Democrats" is mentioned in Sent 2, about accepting offer that is mentioned in Sent 1 to "keep the government open". So, Sent 1 and Sent 2 are the sentences needed to answer this question.
Q: Paragraph- Sent 1: (CNN) -- Horror-meister, Stephen King calls George Pelecanos "perhaps the greatest living American crime writer."Sent 2: His stories are set in Pelecanos' hometown of Washington, D.C., but this is not the side of the U.S. capitol that you see portrayed on TV with white marble monuments, lawyers and lobbyists.
Sent 3: Pelecanos is more interested in working families struggling to get by, the racial tensions in its ethnic neighborhoods and the low-lifes on the edges.
Sent 4: His crime-writing peers call Pelecanos the "undisputed poet" of Washington's gritty side.
Sent 5: The best-selling and award-winning author is out this week with his 17th and latest novel, "The Cut."Sent 6: It's the first in a new series featuring Iraq war veteran and private investigator Spero Lucas.
Sent 7: When he's not working for a Washington defense attorney, Lucas recovers stolen property for a 40% cut.
Sent 8: Now, a high-profile crime boss hires Lucas to find out who's been stealing from him, and it could turn out to be Lucas' biggest payday or an untimely end.
Sent 9: While Pelecanos made his bones in the noir tradition, there's a definite "Western" feel to "The Cut."Sent 10: The new novel takes place in a morally gray and often violent world.
Sent 11: It's peppered with pitch-perfect dialogue and captures the sights, sounds and taste of Washington in rich detail.
Sent 12: In short, Pelecanos reads like the real deal.
Sent 13: Pelecanos knows a thing or two about capturing the authenticity of urban America with an ethnically and socially diverse cast.
Sent 14: In addition to his success as a novelist, Pelecanos is a producer and writer for HBO's New Orleans-set, "Treme."Sent 15: He was previously a producer and Emmy-nominated writer on the hit series "The Wire" and the miniseries "The Pacific."Sent 16: Read an excerpt from "The Cut" CNN recently spoke to Pelecanos about his new novel.
Sent 17: The following is an edited transcript.
Sent 18: CNN: Tell me more about your new character, Spero Lucas. 
Question: George Pelecanos' latest novel "The Cut" features which character?.
A:
1, 5, 6.