To Gain Maximum Results in Learning, Try to not look at Solutions and try the Problems yourself first. If you can do all the Basic problems with little to no difficulty you are good to go. Otherwise it would be better if you could brush up on SQL.
Tip: Goto Database -> Reverse Engineer OR Press Ctrl + R in MySQL Workbench. It will generate EER Diagram from you. This makes it easier to look at how the tables are connected. Simply makes your life easier.