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1. After they arrived, the prisoners were supposed to shower. What did Elie’s father want to do? Pg. 105 After they arrived, Elie’s father wanted to lie down in the snow to sleep and die. 2. Why did Elie shout at his father? Pg. 105 Elie shouted at his father to try and keep him from giving up. 3. What finally forced them outside? Pg. 106 They were driven outside by the sirens, and the guards. 4. The next day when Elie went in search of his father, what was his fleeting hope? Pg. 106 Elie’s fleeting hope was that he would not find his father so that he could use all of his strength for his own survival. CHAPTER 8

5. Weakened further by dysentery, the father could not get out of his bunk. What further injury did some of the inmates do to him? Pg. 109 The other inmates beat Elie’s father and stole his bread. 6. What advice did the block leader give Elie? Pg. 110 -111 The block leader to Elie to not forget that he is in a concentration camp. Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else. Even of a father. Here there are no fathers, no brothers, not friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself. 7. Of the advice, Elie says— “He was right, I thought in the most secret region of my heart …. ” In what sense was the clock leader right? Pg. 111 The block leader’s advice was practice and logical; in the animal kingdom the instinct to survive is the strongest drive; apparently Elie hung on to his humanity because he ran to find soup for his father. 8. After lying ill for over a week, what finally happened to Elie’s father? Pg. 112 After lying ill for a week, Elie’s father was beaten by a guard for moaning. Then, sometime during the night, he was carried to the crematorium.