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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 3, 4, and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?
(a) He challenges Vainamoinen to a race.
(b) He challenges Vainamoinen to a javelin contest.
(c) He challenges Vainamoinen to a wrestling match.
(d) He challenges Vainamoinen to a storytelling contest.

2. Who collects the chips that come from cutting down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Ilmatar.
(c) Lemminkainen.
(d) The Maid of Pohja.

3. Where does Vainamoinen's mother suggest he look for a bride?
(a) In the ocean.
(b) In the cave of jewels.
(c) At the bottom of the sea.
(d) In the Land of Pohja.

4. What are the chips from Vainamoinen's tree turned into?
(a) Baskets.
(b) Beavers.
(c) People.
(d) Arrows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen go fishing for in part 5?

2. What does the Storyteller tell us in the first stanzas?

3. What are Joukahainen's stories like?

4. What name is the Water-Mother given?

5. What story does the Storyteller tell first?

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