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Identify the indirect object in the following sentence.

Uncle Jay will bring Steve lunch at noon.
a. Jay
b. Will
c. Steve
d. Noon

Noon?

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms.htm

Click on Indirect Object here and read thoroughly. Then rethink.

If that's not clear, try these:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm
Scroll down and read the Direct and Indirect Objects section.

and

http://teachro.publiccomputingservices.org/grammarpractice/nouns/indob.htm

I'm still confused but I'm leaning towards Steve or will

Will....?

All objects (direct object, indirect object, object of preposition) MUST be either nouns or pronouns.

What part of speech is "will"?
What part of speech is "Steve"?

Noon is not the indirect object in the sentence. The indirect object in a sentence refers to the recipient of the action. In this case, the sentence "Uncle Jay will bring Steve lunch at noon" implies that Uncle Jay is going to bring something to someone. To identify the indirect object, you can ask yourself the question: "To whom or for whom is Uncle Jay bringing lunch?" In this case, the answer is Steve. Therefore, the indirect object in the sentence is "Steve."