He is afraid his pursuers will catch them
Answer is A just took the test.
The banker had negative feelings towards the jurist. In the story, the jurist did him some not so good things. We would expect that the wager was done out of hatred for the jurist. The banker wanted to take revenge aginst the jurist.
Answer:
There once was a barn
Which was in the yellow sunlight
That brought joy to birds
Explanation:
This was the best I could do.