The answer is D. Olivia’s decision to mourn her brother and not marry for seven years.
A pronoun can substitute a noun or a noun phrase. Among the options above only C. him and D. They are pronouns: stories is a noun and many could be a pronoun if is was standing alone, but here it is a part of a noun phrase.
C. him is singular, so the right answer is D. They
In terms of the first question, "They" would be an objective pronoun, but it should be noted that this does not have to be so. for the second, the answer is "my".
Answer:
Nouns tell us who's doing what
Verbs tell us what's being done