she or him; The door and window were broken

An interesting compromise

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Susan: Oh, no! The door and the window_______!
Victor: Who could have done this?
Susan: Go in quickly and see if we’ve lost anything.
(A) are breaking   (B) have broken   (C) were broken   (D) will break
Given answer: (C) were broken