What is one way that a child develops his or her identity and starts to take baby steps toward independence? She or he wants to play Ping-Pong with anyone who is interested. She or he wants to spend most of her or his free time with her or his parents. She or he has no interest in playing with her or his friends. She or he forms a strong and lasting friendship with two friends in the after school program.

Read the excerpt from infinite jest. three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats and half-windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light of an arizona noon. these are three deans—of admissions, academic affairs, athletic affairs. i do not know which face belongs to whom. which line of text supports the idea that hal is meeting the college deans for the first time? a. three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats. . b. . half-windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light. . c. these are three deans—of admissions, academic affairs, athletic affairs. d. i do not know which face belongs to whom.