ok the answer is C.
Bc its asking for a description of him to C is talking about him.
Answer: After the picnic, Tea Cake and Janie become the topic of scandalous gossip. The town doesn't approve of the revered mayor's widow dating a poor, younger man. Sam Watson convinces Pheoby to talk to Janie so that she doesn't end up like Ms. Tyler, an old widow who was cheated by a younger man.
Explanation:
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
