Question

read the excerpt from infinite jest orin stood there, he says, hefting a cold clod, playing with the velcro on his puffy coat, watching as the moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to i.d. what it was i held out, countenancing evidence of oral contact with same. he remembers her face as past describing. what is the meaning of the excerpt? the narrators brother is ignoring his mothers behavior the narrators brother is playing a trick on his mother the narrators mother is attempting to identify what her son ate the narrators mother is addressing her sons for their misbehavior

Explanation:

The text describes Orin (the narrator's brother) standing, playing with his coat, and then the mother (referred to as "Moms") bending down, reaching out, and Orin starting to identify what the narrator held out (with evidence of oral contact). This indicates the mother is trying to figure out what her son (the narrator) ate.

Answer:

The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.