The two parts of the passage are punctuated correctly are as follows: "If the driving age is raised to 21, what will happen to all the afternoon jobs, the afternoon sports, and the afternoon programs that require some sort of transportation?" and "Like anybody who is inexperienced, the teenage driver must suffer through a legitimate period of self-doubt and skills acquisition."
Her mother is her final opponent because her mother had so much more power over her and she wanted to break free. Also because she imagined her mother to be her final.