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Answer: The boy is from a rich family. He parents tell him to stay away from poor people who would ruin his family image.
Explanation: look at stanza 1-5 and
10-12. The parents explain the hatred for people who don’t dress up nice.
Answer:
she felt that she and her family belonged to neither American or Canadian side.
Explanation:
The young boy's mother told the Canadian border guard that they are coming from and going to a place called "Standoff" because she felt that she and her family belonged to neither American or Canadian side.
The mother simply wanted to be "Blackfoot" and felt that her identity should not rest on American or Canadian Blackfoot. The mothers used the place "Standoff" because that's where she felt like she belonged, a place which neither America or Canada owned, when asked about her citizenship.
