Football and hockey is an incomplete sentence because there is no verb.
The second one "mice's" because it's talking about the mice favorite spot also mice means one
Answer:
Stein, Eliezer's cousin by marriage, wants nothing more than news of his family. Eliezer lies to Stein, telling him that his wife (Reizel) and children are fine. Eliezer's lie allows Stein to find the will to live; Stein has no desire to survive unless his family is well.