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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen tell the living creatures after he returns from the Underworld?
(a) He tells them the magic words he learned there.
(b) He describes the horrors he saw.
(c) He tells them all about the Daughter of the Underworld.
(d) He tells them not to go there themselves.

2. What kind of tree does Vainamoinen plant?
(a) Birch.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Oak.

3. What happens when Lemmenkainen catches the elk?
(a) He leads it back to Louhi.
(b) It escapes.
(c) It attacks a village.
(d) He kills it.

4. To whom does the little maid recount what she hears from Vainamoinen?
(a) Aino.
(b) Aino's mother.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Joukahainen.

5. What does Vainamoinen catch?
(a) He catches Aino, who tells him a new technique for catching fish.
(b) He catches a salmon that was in fact Aino.
(c) He catches a fish that tells him how to catch Aino.
(d) He catches a number of fish, but none of them is Aino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aino do in response to Vainamoinen's request?

2. What condition is the Water-Mother trying to find relief from?

3. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?

4. What does Vainamoinen ask Aino to do for him when they are walking through the forest together?

5. Who helps Vainamoinen complete the tasks so that he can marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Vainamoinen refuses to cease working at his blacksmith's shop inside of Vipunen?

2. Describe how Lemminkainen's mother brings him back to life.

3. What happens when the Daughter of the Air comes to earth?

4. What happens after Kullervo slaughters Untamo's family?`

5. What happens when Lemminkainen sees the fires from Pohja?

6. How does Vainamoinen convince Vipunen to tell him the three magic words?

7. How do Joukahainen's mother and sister feel about the deal Joukahainen struck with Vainamoinen?

8. What additional challenges does Louhi assign to Lemminkainen?

9. What happens when Vainamoinen disapproves of Joukahainen's stories?

10. What happens when Lemminkainen happens upon the home of Louhi on his way to Pohja?

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