What would you do in this situation?

My niece just took her drivers test. The first time she was given an automatic fail. Why? Well, when she was driving, up ahead a boy on a skateboard was in the middle of the road. He was just standing there, waiting for his friends, in her lane. She didn’t know if she was supposed to honk or pull over etc. since this had not been mentioned in the manual. So, she crossed over to the opposite lane and received an automatic fail.
What would you have done?