Using page 1 and the two lines at the top of page two what clues have been given out that imply that stuffy pete is probably poor or disadvantaged

There are two clues that imply that Stuffy Pete is poor or disadvantage. In the first page, the narrator says "so we have turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, if we have  enough money to buy turkey". However, in the second page it is more clear because it is explained that Stuffy Pete was just passing by a house in the  Fifth Avenue when he was invited by a servant to eat Thanksgiving dinner.

Explanation:

To complete this exercise, you have to read the story called Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen written by  O. Henry. It is about Stuffy Pete and the Old Gentlemen, how they meet every year on Thanksgiving day, but it is also about generosity and traditions.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".