Read the text and choose the right answer.

I left \(a/the/an/\-\) Fitch without \(saying/telling/speaking/talking\) thank you to my hosts. I ran down the hill and stopped a passing car. I had a lot to tell the chief. I wondered how much he already knew.
The car that picked me \(up/out/on/with\) stopped in front of the police station; inside I \(told/had been told/ have told/ was told\) the chief was away for \(a little / a few / a lot / much\) days. I spent the afternoon at my desk trying to piece all the facts together. At 5 o'clock I \(had finished / finished / was finished / have finished\) my report and returned to Mrs. Johnson's house.
She said she \(was worried / is worried / would be worried / had been worried\) about me since I had been away and hadn't told her where I was. It was just like being at home with my mother again. Mrs. Johnson \(returned / handed / put / sent\) me a letter that had been delivered by hand in the afternoon.