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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 is Vainamoinen thinking about when the eagle rescues him?
(a) He thinks about making the ocean his home.
(b) He is thinking about what he will tell his mother now.
(c) He is wondering what form he will find Aino in.
(d) He is thinking about hoe to get revenge on Joukahainen.

2. What does Aino do in response to Vainamoinen's request?
(a) She offers to betray her brother.
(b) She drops her jewelry on the ground and runs home.
(c) She renounces her father.
(d) She refuses to renounce her family.

3. What does Vainamoinen do when Louhi offers him food?
(a) He eats and is indebted to Louhi.
(b) He says that all he wants is go home.
(c) He passes out from exhaustion.
(d) He refuses the food because he is still grieving for Aino.

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

5. What does Louhi ask from Vainamoinen in return for her help?
(a) She asks him to ride a magic horse.
(b) She asks him to marry her daughter.
(c) She asks him to tame the man-eating horses.
(d) She asks him to build a grinder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which tree does Vainamoinen leave standing?

3. How does this lumberjack cut down such an enormous tree?

4. What are the chips from Vainamoinen's tree turned into?

5. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

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