It is high. All of the words that it is have the first two letters consecutive in the alphabet: ab, st, de, gh, and hi.

you are

The $9 paid by each guest accounts for the $2 that went to the bellhop. So rather than ading $27 to the $2 kept by the bellhop, the $27 accounts for the bellhops money. The $27 plus the $3 kept by the guests does add up to $30.

yes

The robber wanted to die of natural causes.

833 apples.

Step one: First you want to make 3 trips of 1,000 apples 333 miles. You will be left with 2,001 apples and 667 miles to go.
Step two: Next you want to take 2 trips of 1,000 apples 500 miles. You will be left with 1,000 apples and 167 miles to go (you have to leave an apple behind).
Step three: Finally, you travel the last 167 miles with one load of 1,000 apples and are left with 833 apples in Bananaville

After five minutes the man turned around to make sure no one was there and his friend, the prophet, stabbed him in the back.

45 years old.

7

He’s still alive.