The correct answer is A) us; indirect object. The pronoun has to be us because we are looking for an object, and we is a pronoun used for a subject. Also, it is indirect object because when there are two objects in a sentence, the rule is that the first object is indirect, and it is followed by a direct object. The direct object in this sentence is the old newspapers, which means that the indirect object is John and us.
C.Dash A hyphen is used to connect two words together and the exclamation and period are used to end a complete sentence. A dash is used in the middle of a sentence which is where information follows it.