Here the answer for 1-6
1. Patrick had spend most of his time in the hills then he did in the classroom so he probably did not know how to write.
2. New York City was a grand, handsome city.
3. There were so many Irish people in the United States that it felt like home.
4. Some of them have become rich. Some are big men in the government.
5. He believes there is good pay but hard work and believes that there is plenty of work to do.
6. Assuming Pat is Catholic he won’t lose his way due to the fact that he believes he will always have good faith due to there being good Catholic people.