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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition is the Water-Mother trying to find relief from?
(a) She has been drowned in a flood.
(b) She suffers a pregnancy she cannot give birth to.
(c) She has been split off from the male counterpart of the cosmos.
(d) She suffers a broken foot.

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

3. What was the Water-Mother's name before she became the Water-Mother?
(a) The Maid of Pohja.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Daughter of the Air.
(d) Ilmarinen.

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

5. What does Vainamoinen do when he agrees to take what Joukahainen offers?
(a) He allows Joukahainen to return home.
(b) He humiliates Joukahainen by turning him into a spider.
(c) He tells Joukahainen the story of his own miserable future.
(d) He allows Joukahainen to be drowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joukahainen's mother tell him about shooting Vainamoinen?

2. Where does Vainamoinen plant his tree?

3. Where does the Storyteller get his story?

4. What sound does Vainamoinen find sad after he goes fishing?

5. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?

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