[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 answer is: C- the narrator's mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

Explanation:

First of all, these are the missing options to the question:

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.

To get the answer, the text must be examined and the actions of the characters must be analysed.

In the excerpt, the narrator's mother was bent and her eyes were squinting. She was clearly trying to examine something that caught her interest.

Also, it was said that the mother froze, and started identifying what her son held in his hand at the same time, searching for evidence of oral contact with something.

Oral as we know, implies a connection to the mouth.

This simply means that she was trying to identify if the son put the object in his mouth.

Going by these clues, it is safe to say the answer is option C.

it creates a visual picture of the man.

it conveys what the scene sounds like.

it describes the actions of the boy.

it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters.

it encourages readers to care for the characters.