69* Remembered 2 SC, still not sure the right answers. Hope NN can help:

Although never venturing west beyond the state of Ohio, with the exception of being when on tour as a sharpshooter in XXX show, XXX personified the frontier women in the myth.

a.

d. She never ventured west beyond the state of Ohio, but on tour as a sharpshooter in XXX show, XXX personified the frontier women in the myth.

Because it is difficult to know when XXX is ripe, it is not harvested until it drops to ground at which point was gathered, dried and stored...

c. The nuts are not harvested until they drop to the ground, and then gathered, dried and stored...

d. The nuts are not harvested until they drop to the ground at which point they are gathered, dried and stored...