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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lemminkainen's mother warn him about when he is preparing to go away?
(a) The insult he is giving to Vainamoinen.
(b) The danger of his absence in his father's illness.
(c) The possibility that he will never return.
(d) The dangers he will face on his journey.

2. How does Ilmarinen punish Louhi's daughter?
(a) He turns her into a seabird.
(b) He eats her.
(c) He throws her out into the cold without clothes.
(d) He tells vicious stories about her.

3. What do Lemminkainen, Ilmarinen, and the oarsmen and maidens propose to do with the thing Vainamoinen makes from the pike?
(a) Set it on fire.
(b) Throw it into the sea.
(c) Use it to trap Louhi's daughters.
(d) Brew beer with it.

4. Who alerts Louhi to the theft of the Sampo?
(a) A heron.
(b) A storm.
(c) A pike.
(d) A crow.

5. What does Vainamoinen try to convince Ilmarinen to help him do?
(a) Steal the Sampo from Pohja.
(b) Steal a different daughter from Louhi.
(c) Steal jewels from Louhi.
(d) Revenge himself on the daughter of Louhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilmarinen use to make himself a new wife?

2. Kullervo hears the story of his sister's disappearance. What was she doing when she disappeared?

3. What do Vainamoinen and his people do with the beast(s) Louhi sends to attack them?

4. Who kills the pike when Ilmarinen, Lemminkainen, and Vainamoinen run aground on the pike's back?

5. What does Louhi send to attack Vainamoinen after the plagues?

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