) Which of the following best explains the impact on Eliezer's father when his
fellow prisoners start beating him?
a. Eliezer's father fights back, and he is beaten very badly by his fellow prisoners.
b. The beatings give Eliezer's father one less reason to keep on living.
c. Eliezer offers the prisoners his rations so that they will stop beating his father, but
they refuse.
d. The fellow prisoners beat Eliezer's father because he can no longer go outside to
use the bathroom, so he smells very bad.