Question 3.1.2 in Allen Hatcher, Algebraic Topology(comparing multiplication by n map in $H$ and $G$).

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Here is the question I am trying to understand its solution:

Show that the maps $G \xrightarrow{n} G$ and $H \xrightarrow{n} H$ multiplying each element by the integer $n$ induce multiplication by $n$ in $\operatorname{Ext}(H,G).$

Here is the solution I found online:

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My questions are:

1- In the line after the first diagram, what is the value of $\operatorname{im}f_{1}^{*}$? why the author said that the multiplication by $n$ in $G$ induces multiplication by $n$ in $\operatorname{Hom}(F_1, G)$ only, why he did not speak about the denominator, $\operatorname{im}f_1^{*}$?

2- Why in the first diagram the induced $n^{*}$ is pointing downwards while in the third diagram the induced $n^*$ is pointing upwards?

3- What about the induced map between $\operatorname{Hom}(F_0, G)$ and $\operatorname{Hom}(F, G)$ in the first diagram?

Can someone clarify this to me please?