Question

Which word in the sentence is the direct object?

Jenny gave her brother batteries for his new toy.

A.
batteries

B.
brother

C.
Jenny

D.
toy

Answer 1

The answer is A.batteries, since the verb in the sentence is "gave" and the Jenny gave her brother batteries

Answer 2

The guts of the sentence is:  Jenny gave batteries.

"Batteries" is the direct object of the verb "gave".