Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement) from “Dong Yi” Part 3

With their anger towards Dong Yi and because she ______ a lowborn slave, the Head Lady Investigator and Lady Yu ______ her appointment with Queen Inhyeon.
1. is / protest
2. are / protests
The junior lady investigators, meanwhile, ______ Dong Yi because of her connection with Lady Jang.
1. shun
2. shuns
Lord Oh and Tribunal Officer Oh Yoon ______ Lady Jang’s wisdom in pushing for Dong Yi to become part of the Office of Investigations.
1. questions
2. question
But the leader of the Westerners ______, and Lady Jang finds out about the plan.
1. hesitates
2. hesitate
Lady Jung and Lady Bong ______ with Dong Yi’s plight; they ______ with the Head Lady Investigator and Lady Yu to preserve the integrity of Office of Investigations.
1. sympathizes / pleads
2. sympathize / plead
Dong Yi meets Chief Suh during the training but ______ to see Chun Soo.
1. fails
2. fail
The Qing envoy and his entourage ______ at the capital.
1. arrive
2. arrives
In the Qing compound, Dong Yi finds a mysterious piece of paper with Chinese characters written on it, but the characters ______ make any sense.
1. don’t
2. doesn’t
Chief Suh shows the King how the mysterious piece of paper that Dong Yi found can be decoded and what its message ______.
1. mean
2. means
Crisis ______ later on at the royal court when the Qing envoy demands that Dong Yi be turned over to him.
1. erupts
2. erupt