Answer:
bleak and unfavorable places where typically nothing thrives.
Explanation:
Based on the excerpt, readers can assume that the internment camps are bleak and unfavorable places where typically nothing survives.
This is because, from the conversation, the narrator says "My father says where we're going, they won't grow" when they were talking about packing tomato seeds. So for this reason, the readers can infer that the internment camps are unfavorable and bleak.
The general insinuation is that Scout is too boyish for the times they live in, so Aunt Alexandra decided it would be good idea to teach Scout how to be a lady while she (Alexandra) was staying in town.
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.