I would say D. A counterargument just means an opposing argument. An example, one group of people may Ice cream is bad for you and you should never have it, a counterargument could say that it's totally fine for you to have it everyday. Bad example but you probably get the idea haha
The quote is stating that Scrooge’s name was good in making a change, what it means is that Scrooge had good financial credit
At the royal exchange in London, at the part of England’s important financial institutions. Basically the quote is saying that what Scrooge says is reliable and he’s trustworthy.
The term haunted is more like the awakening of the memories
that items in the chest invoked. The
pictures, birthday cards, toys and other stuff in the chest bring back the
times the character had experienced with each object. Many of them were good time
he had shared with his family. In a way,
it had haunted the family with good memories that chest keeps safe.