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Ad’s sudden chattiness was shocking until I thought about why he was telling me so much. In the car, I was a captive audience. In order to learn to drive, it was a requirement that I sit and listen to his every word. In all the years that I had wondered why my father never spoke that much, I had never stopped to consider the possibility that it was because I had never bothered to listen. Look at this sentence from the above paragraph: “In the car, I was a captive audience.” The author uses this sentence to explain how her driving lessons *

A.Made her feel helpless.
B.Gave her father a chance to speak.
C.Became deeply interesting to her.
D.Gave her father a chance to show off his skills.

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Gave her father a chance to show off his skills

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