Answer:
D. the financial cost of an item, which is very important.
Explanation:
Value is important to everybody because everybody is always going to want to know the value of an item because people always need/want money.
Context clues are like puzzle pieces because they help you determine where things go or happen.
Connotation of dump generally is Negative. When you first hear dump you think of a dumpster or garbage so it's negative
The correct answer is B. They suspect something strange may be going on.
Explanation
According to the fragment, it can be inferred that the central theme of the discussion between Charlie and Steve is about a strange fact that caught their attention and they are going to check what has happened. In addition, they discard the option that it was a meteorite as Steve says "It couldn't be the meteor. A meteor couldn't do this". According to the above, the correct answer is B because they can not explain the event that just happened.