Can you please help me with my homework???

Word box (only used once) :
Defer , inevitable, endeavor, malicious, equate, option, impose, passive, indignant, patron

Questions:
__ that the boys had thrown rocks at the monkeys, the zookeepers said, “don’t ___ being an animal with having no feelings.” Feeling remorse, the boys later wrote a note of apology.

2.
Rita, a(n) ___ of Angelo’s restaurant for several years, has ___(e)d without success to copy Angelo’s delicious, spaghetti sauce. Now she has given up “I’ve learned it is futile even to try” she says.

3.
“ if you remain so __ that you don’t object twin Jean takes advantage of you she’ll just __ I need you more and more,” my friend warned.

4.
Since Sam’s family is so poor, it seems __ that he’ll work for full-time as soon as he finishes high school. He won’t have the ___ going to college right away. However, if she plans to be prudent and handling the money, he’ll learn and then enroll in college in a couple of years.

5.
Jerome is so ___ that he goes out of his way to hurt anyone who want ___ to his wishes. I have great contempt, for people who are that mean and self-centered.

Equate, patron, passive, inevitable, option, impose, indignant, malicious