<span>The setting of this excerpt is a dense, secluded forest through which no travelers seem to want to venture. The strange, large figure in the road makes the protagonist paranoid and afraid, which further builds the tension and fear in the story from the previous excerpt.</span>
Mice is plural....plural is more than one
The subject does agree with the verb because the subject is students and the verb is use. The subject is plural and the verb is singular.
THE 2ND ONE ...................................