D) Autumn is a symbol of advancing age
The point of view that is revealed is that she is scared and is assuming that the minister's family is not going to like their christmas dinner and the way that their family act.
The possessive noun would be house. it belongs to tony.
Most often, it is deciphered through A) context clues. Some people, however, choose to decipher them through B) pronoun references. Just to be on the safe side, I'd choose A) context clues because most often, the words that are being deciphered are they themselves the pronoun.
