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The given sentence is of indirect speech. Follow the rules given below to change it to direct speech:
* The given sentence is an interrogative sentence.
* 'Asked' will be changed to 'said to'.
* Inverted commas will be introduced.
* The tense of the reported speech is past tense. Thus, it will change to the present tense i.e., 'could' changes to 'can'. Also, 'if' will be removed.
* The sign of interrogation will be added at the end.
* Pronoun 'he' and 'him' will be changed to 'you' and 'me'.
The sentence in direct speech will be: The driver said to a passerby, “Can you tell me the way to the market?”
Hence, option C is the correct answer.