Choose the correct verb form: 1. The people at the border

Choose the correct verb form: 1. The people at the border decided/had decided to leave their homes. 2. He felt nervous but the guards let/had let him through. 3. He entered the West and he drove/had driven across Southern Europe. 3. She writes/has written me a letter and Im reading it now. 4. I find/have found your bag. Its here. 5. He spent/had spent most of his money by the time he got to England.