Question

Which quote from Daly's "Sixteen" helps the reader to infer the time period in which the short story took place? "He went to the shanty to get my shoes. 'Black ones,' I told him. 'Same size as Garbo's.'" "Now don't get me wrong. I mean, I want you to understand from the beginning that I'm not really dumb." "My skates were hanging by the back door all nice and shiny for I'd just gotten them for Christmas and they smelled so queer..." "Then he took my skates and put them over my shoulder and said, 'Good-night now. I'll call you,' he said."

Answer 1

"He went to the shanty to get my shoes. 'Black ones,' I told him. 'Same size as Garbo's.'

Answer 2

I'd say that the quote from Daly's "Sixteen" which helps the reader to infer the time period in which the short story took place is "Same size as Garbo's."
I believe that this refers to the actress Greta Garbo, who acted in the 1920s and 1930s.