The speaker compares the students waiting to take their driver’s test to deer trapped in headlights in order to A) describe how
nervous they look. B) show her dislike for her fellow students. C) explain how she felt taking her driver’s test. D) demonstrate the difficulty of the driver’s test.
A, describe how nervous they look. “You look like deer in headlights!” is a common expression meaning “You look frozen with fear!” because deer will often freeze in front of an oncoming car, blinded by the headlights.
The speaker compares the students waiting to take their driver’s test to deer trapped in headlights in order to describe how nervous they look. The speaker says she remembers how nervous she was when taking her driver’s test.
