Why does the prisoner insist that Wiesel and his father lie about their ages?

He is probably deranged because of the conditions in the concentration camp.
He wants to win the favor of the Nazi guards.
He is trying to save their lives.
He considers them a threat and is trying to get rid of them.

answer; william penn's approach made the colony diverse by attracting many types of people and religions;

when a country suffers, for example, a drought period, the market product is affected for a low offer, in this case, potatoes; the government has to tax to the households, which have to give more money for the potatoes which they consume, that situation make them consume substitute goods even through loans, it could increase the financial market movement and the inflationary phenomena, the business has to increase salaries in order to the employees could buy a more expensive food (potatoes) and in order to inflation tha business had to buy expensive supplies in the factor market, while the rest of the world have to gain more money to consume the same amount of potatoes.

they lost control of territory in the middle east, but preserved turkey's political independence.