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well, I'll try my hand.

1. Jefferson was responsible for helping Regina retrieve the apple containing the sleeping curse (after Snow had taken her bite of it). Henry did not die, any more than Snow did, he just fell under the sleeping curse. (a side question: if there is no Magic in the Storybrooke, how did the sleeping curse work?)

2. Whale did get his memories back along with everyone else. He was likely a little more confused, since he is from the Land without Color, and upon waking up he is in Storybrooke, and he has less experience with Magic than everyone else.

3. I don't think he was trapped in his home. He was just trapped in Storybrooke. the only difference is he was trapped with his memories intact. (my question is Why was he allowed to remember?)  He had the opportuntiy to exact his revenge on Regina at any point during the time of the Curse, but Jefferson is, in my opinion, somewhat of a coward, and does not want to stand up to Regina.

4. When magic was brought back, someone (I forget who) made the comment that, while magic had indeed returned, it worked differently in Storybrooke. Regina just needed time to acclimate herself to how magic worked in Storybrooke. (I also thing that it helped when Emma grabbed her arm when she was trying to activate the hat).

5. Aurora, Philip, Hook, Cora, Mulan, and everyone else left in EF were under Cora's protective spell, but the protective spell essentially (as I understand it) froze time in the EF while the curse was in effect, so those people did not notice the passing of time until the curse was lifted. In Aurora's case, I think that she had been asleep for about a year when the curse initially hit, so slept through the entire curse without any knowledge of the passing of time.

Anyway, that's just my thoughts, others might have different (and maybe better) answers.