Question

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

Answer 1

The correct meaning is: "The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate."

Explanation: the mother leans down, squints, "began to I.D. what it was I held out," and notices "evidence of oral contact," meaning she's inspecting and identifying something the child put in his mouth.