I have come to the conclusion that it is the software. The concepts are really simple and I am not a total noob at following directions and using complicated software (Blender). I am only trying to move and rotate objects. It seems that the software glitches out every time and I just can't get the task accomplished. Doing some homework shows FreeCAD as buggy, but others are getting it done, so that is confusing.

I don't even know what questions to ask at this point.

FreeCAD is the choice of the Open Source Ecology project because FreeCAD is also open source. It is what they want people to pass the test with.