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.