(Q.1)

Then substituting into the DE gives



and both sides match, so y is indeed a valid solution.
(Q.2)

This DE is separable, since you can write
. So you have


Integrate both sides (on the left, the numerator suggests a substitution):

Given y (2) = e ³, we find


so that the particular solution is



(Q.3) I believe I've already covered in another question you posted.