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No, you don't need your own etc directory, you should again get rid of it: /etc is a top-system-level directory where control files are kept, like hosts (the other machines on your network that your...

You're not copying the /etc/motd file, because you do not have one. That is now clear. I recommend you

$ cd
$ rm -rf ~/etc ~/motd # NOT /etc!

create an /etc/motd file (or get someone to do...

You didn't do the "ls -l /etc/motd" to show me it's there. You DO have an empty /motd, but it's in the wrong place, ie: NOT in /etc

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I'd like to see the results of a pwd when you're in the test directory.
I'm confused by your prompts. Please issue the following commands:
$ ls -l /etc/motd
$ cd ~
$ mkdir test
$ cd test
$ cp...