What exactly are you trying to figure out?
The correct answer is A. use a singular verb.
If a noun is singular, but also collective, it means that it has the form of a singular noun, but refers to more than one entity. However, based on the context, it will either take a singular, or a plural verb.
For example: <em>The team is quite good</em> (where the team is a collective noun referring to all members together) VS. <em>The team are not behaving properly</em> (where this refers to all members individually).
You would know The fathers thoughts and feelings and how the father portrays chris. You’d also see chris from a a 3rd person point of view.
The theme of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “We Both Live in the Same Village” is best summed up by the beauty of the natural world is not as great as his beloved’s beauty.