1.  All their pillows and belongings had been stolen

2.  They had forgotten where they had hidden the bag.  

3.  They had overslept and could not complete their pilgrimage that day.

4.  The inn keeper had presented them with a huge bill.  

1.  Only (A) & (C)        

2.  Only (B) & (C)

3.  Only (B)                  

5.  None of these  

1.  She hid it at the innkeeper

2.  She carried it with her on their way to the minister's house  

3.  She planned to go on a pilgrimage with her husband

4.  She wanted to retire and not run the innkeeper anymore.

1.  He was planning to bribe the minister  

2.  The minister had told him that he doubted the old couple’s story

3.  He considered the minister a fool  

5.  Not even his wife knew he had stolen the money.  

2.  To punish them for quarrelling  

3.  To decide who was worthy to go the pilgrimage

4.  To find out where the money was hidden and claim it for himself  

5.  To entertain the villagers.

1.  They were unable to pay their bill

2.  It was a pretense of being upset for accusing him  

3.  He was afraid that they would ask him for money to complete the pilgrimage 

4.  He was afraid his wife would unintentionally reveal the location of the money  

1.  They considered it part of their pilgrimage  

2.  The minister had accompanied them and helped them carry it  

3.  They were relieved that the minister had declared them innocent

4.  The distance between the king's court and the minister's house was not much

2.  left

3.  dead  

4.  Completed 

5.  mined

1.  Foreign

2.  mysterious  

3.  Extraordinary 

4.  crazy   

1.  Buy 

3.  waste  

4.  Consume      

5.  Pay