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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Vainamoinen wrestles with Vipunen?
(a) Vipunen swallows Vainamoinen.
(b) Vainamoinen swallows Vipunen.
(c) Vipunen tells Vainamoinen what he wants to know.
(d) Vainamoinen swallows the Daughter of the Underworld.

2. What does Joukahainen's mother tell him about shooting Vainamoinen?
(a) She tells him where to aim.
(b) She tells him where to find him.
(c) She tells him not to do it.
(d) She tells him the secret of Vainamoinen's vulnerability.

3. Which tree does Vainamoinen leave standing?
(a) The oak.
(b) The aspen.
(c) The birch.
(d) The laurel.

4. What does Lemmenkainen do when his happiness with Kyllikki ends?
(a) He marries Kyllikki to the Moon.
(b) He sends Kyllikki away.
(c) He resolves to travel to Pohja.
(d) He gives Kyllikki back to her mother.

5. Why does Annikki tell Ilmarinen where Vainamoinen is sailing?
(a) She wants to set up a meeting between Ilmarinen and Vainamoinen.
(b) She wants to make sure that Vainamoinen does not reveal Ilmarinen's secrets.
(c) She wants Ilmarinen to get his revenge on Vainamoinen.
(d) She wants Ilmarinen to marry the maid of Pohja.

6. How does Vainamoinen escape from the Underworld?
(a) He offers to marry the Daughter of the Underworld.
(b) He defeats Vipunen in single combat.
(c) He wrestles with the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld.
(d) He transforms himself into a small snake-like animal.

7. Who comes after the Water-Mother prays for relief?
(a) Louhi.
(b) The Maid of Pohja.
(c) A small bird.
(d) Vainamoinen.

8. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?
(a) Magic cloaks and swords.
(b) Jewels and gold.
(c) His life.
(d) Gold, horses, and armor.

9. What are Joukahainen's stories like?
(a) They are childish and shallow.
(b) They are wise and considered.
(c) They are colorful and interesting.
(d) They are stories of battles and tournaments.

10. What does Louhi do when she finds Vainamoinen?
(a) She takes him to her home and bathes him.
(b) She offers him her daughter's hand.
(c) She convinces her son to kill him.
(d) She protects him from her son.

11. What does the Maid of Pohja say when she hears that Vainamoinen has arrived at the end of his journey?
(a) She says that she does not like sailors and will not marry Vainamoinen.
(b) She tells Vainamoinen that he is too old for her to marry.
(c) She says that her father has forbidden her to marry Vainamoinen.
(d) She says that she would be honored to marry Vainamoinen,

12. What happens when the eagle drops Vainamoinen?
(a) Vainamoinen finds the cave with the jewels.
(b) Vainamoinen kills Joukahainen.
(c) Vainamoinen finds Aino in the form of an elk.
(d) Vainamoinen gets lonely and begins to cry.

13. What does Joukahainen shoot at Vainamoinen with?
(a) A cannon.
(b) A crossbow with poisoned arrows.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A pistol.

14. What does Lemminkainen do to press his suit?
(a) He takes a job as a shepherd.
(b) He bribes the woman's brother.
(c) He bribes the Creator.
(d) He tricks her into coming to his hut.

15. What is Vainamoinen missing as he works with the wood Sampsa brought him?
(a) Gum for caulking.
(b) Three magic words.
(c) A helper.
(d) Iron hoops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occasion marks the end of Lemminkainen and Kyllikki's happiness?

2. What name is the Water-Mother given?

3. What is the little maid doing when she hears Vainamoinen?

4. What does Vainamoinen build to convince Vipunen to tell him what he wants to know?

5. What is Vainamoinen thinking about when the eagle rescues him?

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