Having a study group made a huge difference as I was stuck quite a few times trying to find a way through all of the prompts.
I do not think I would have gotten more than 3 of the questions without the group. That said, collaboration is clearly the best way to do all of these things.
I also am not fully sure how to submit my answers in here without the formatting getting all messed up. I have them in a doc if you need them. I was able to do #1-7, and #10.