When two or more subjects are joined by and and a verb forms must be used in order to ensure subject-verb agreement

Excerpt from Appetite

Will Wordy

In a house the size of a postage stamp

lived a man as big as a barge.

His mouth could drink the entire river

You could say it was rather large

For dinner he would eat a trillion beans

And a silo full of grain,

Washed it down with a tanker of milk

As if he were a drain.

Which does NOT describe how much the man can eat or drink?

A) lived a man as big as a barge.

B) Washed it down with a tanker of milk

C) His mouth could drink the entire river

Eliminate

D) For dinner he would eat a trillion beans