MCQ Question

Three men (Tom, Peter and Jack) and three women (Eliza, Anne and Karen) are spending a few months at a hillside. They are to stay in a row of nine cottages, each one living in his or her own cottage. There are no others staying in the same row of houses. Anne, Tom and Jack do not want to stay in any cottage, which is at the end of the row. Anne, Tom and Jack do not want to stay in any cottage, which is at the end of the row. Karen is next to Peter and Jack. Karen is next to Peter and Jack. None of the girls occupy adjacent cottages. The house occupied by Tom is next to an end cottage. How many of them occupy cottages next to a vacant cottage?