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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. Where does the eagle take Vainamoinen when it rescues him?
(a) To his mother.
(b) To the mountains.
(c) To the ocean.
(d) To the land of Pohja.

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

3. What does Joukahainen shoot at Vainamoinen with?
(a) A cannon.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A crossbow with poisoned arrows.
(d) A rifle.

4. What does Vainamoinen go fishing for in part 5?
(a) Aino's body.
(b) Perch.
(c) Joukahainen.
(d) Salmon.

5. Who is the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Joukahainen's youngest sister.
(b) Louhi's daughter.
(c) Vainamoinen's cousin.
(d) Aino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who collects the chips that come from cutting down the tree Vainamoinen plants?

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

3. What is Joukahainen's mother's reaction to Aino's marriage to Vainamoinen?

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

5. What kind of tree does Vainamoinen plant?

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