Please help me to answer those questions

1.What is the main purpose of the tentacles the beasts on Ixchel have?

2.In your opinion, which of the planets Meg visits resembles ours the most? Why do you think so?

3.On page 108 of the book, all the people from Earth who have fought against the Black Thing are listed. In your opinion, why did they not succeed? (opinion, not the Internet)

4.List 5 character traits that you do not have but would like to have. Explain why.

5.Which three character traits would you apply to the Man with the Red Eyes after reading the sentences below? Why? "For why should you wish to fight someone who is here only to save you pain and trouble? For you, as well as for the rest of all the happy, useful people on this planet, I, in my own strength, am willing to assume all the pain, all the responsibility, all the burdens of thought and decision.” (p. 144)

6.What implicit meaning can you find in the sentences below? "She had been so certain that the moment she found her father everything would be all right. Everything would be settled. All the problems would be taken out of her hands. She would no longer be responsible for anything. And instead of this happy and expected outcome, they seemed to be encountering all kinds of new troubles." (p. 186)

7.What is the meaning of the sentences below? Use a dictionary to look up the words you do not understand. “We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things which are not seen are eternal.” (p. 225)

8.Why is IT so dangerous? Describe in your own words.