How is Elie able to keep his shoes?

What does Elie's father do that gets him beaten after first being transferred to a barracks?

What is Elie's tone in the following passage?:  "I stood petrified.  What happened to me?  My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked?"

Why does Elie's dad state the following after his beating at the hands of the Gypsy?:  "It doesn't hurt."

What is ironic about the inscription on the iron gate entrance to Auschwitz?"  "Work make you free."  

What is Elie's tone when he says the following about the Pole who runs their block/barracks after they leave Birkeneau for the labor camp portion of Auschwitz?:  "Those were the first human words."

What does the Pole who runs their block/barracks tell them is the key to survival. in the labor portion of the camp?

What is A-1173?

How does being assigned a number tie in with Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

What lie does Elie offer his relative Stein?

What is Elie's tone in the following statement surrounding the men's discussion of hanging on to faith?:  "From time to time, in the middle of all that talk, a thought crossed my mind:  Where is Mother right now...Tzipora..."

The central idea of the second half of the chapter is....