Read the text and answer the following questions:
There lived a poor but worthy farmer in a village. With the small income of his few acres of land, he used to support himself, his wife and four children. One day while walking through the fields he was thinking of how he could add to his income. He found a purse of gold that had been dropped by a passerby. He carried it home and showed it to his wife who advised him to use it or at least part of it for themselves. The honest farmer told his wife that honesty is the best policy and that he would first try to find out the man who lost it. The farmer discovered the owner of the purse a very wealthy man. The rich man took the purse and gave him thanks, but no reward. The wife rebuked for his foolishness. The farmer kept on saying, 'Honesty is the best policy'.
a) How did the farmer support himself and his family?
b) How did the farmer come by a purse of gold?
c) What did his wife advise him to do?
d) What was the reply of the farmer to his wife's request?
e) Why did the wife consider her husband foolish?