Sentence 1: For years Jack had stubbornly refused to replace his dying truck. 
 Sentence 3: Still Jack refused 
 Sentence 4:  His wife had chosen this truck and named it Tilda 
 Sentence 5:  Tilda outlived Jack's wife and she helped him remember the good days 
 Option 1: He bought a newer truck after lighting the old on fire. 
 Option 2: He cursed it and kicked it and swore to light it on fire.