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
a. the narrator’s brother is ignoring his mother’s behavior. b. the narrator’s brother is playing a trick on his mother. c. the narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate. d. the narrator’s mother is addressing her sons for their misbehavior.

I would say that the meaning of the excerpt is C: The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

Explanation:

I chose this option because after reading the excerpt, it seems to me the narrator tries to understand what "he" had/took by studing his behaviour. She was trying to identify what it was he "held out" and the second character refers to the third one as "he", so he can't be talking about his mother.

The meaning of the excerpt is that The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

Explanation:

This excerpt from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace shows a memory that the narrator is recalling as an explanation of his inability to communicate, he tries to justify it with that event in his childhood when he ate something that was not to be eaten and he clearly remembers the reaction of his mother as she tried yo identify what he had just eaten.

what novel are you talking about?

yes yes it does !