4. Why do the workers and passersby in Germany continue to throw pieces of bread to the prisoners? a. They are trying to drive the prisoners away from German citizens.
b. They recognize how hungry the starving prisoners are.
c. They want to see the spectacle of the prisoners fighting for food.
d. They want to get rid of the food that is filling their storehouses.

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.