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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Daughter of the Underworld tell Vainamoinen?
(a) The secret of immortality.
(b) The wisdom of the gods.
(c) The method for making better ships.
(d) That mortals are rarely allowed to leave.

2. What story does Aino's mother tell her when Aino is upset about marrying?
(a) She describes Joukahainen's gambling debts.
(b) She tells Aino about her brother's treacherous history.
(c) She tells Aino about how Aino's father won her hand by betraying his family.
(d) She tells Aino about the jewels hidden in the cave.

3. Who helps Lemmenkainen capture the elk after his snowshoes break?
(a) The gods of the mountains.
(b) The god of the dark cave.
(c) The gods of the forest.
(d) Louhi's daughter's governess.

4. Whose help does Vipunen ask for, to help him get rid of Vainamoinen?
(a) The gods.
(b) Lemmenkainen.
(c) Vainamoinen's mother.
(d) Louhi.

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

6. What reputation does Vainamoinen gain over time?
(a) He is known as a strange magician.
(b) He is known as a wise and wonderful storyteller.
(c) He is known as a powerful warrior.
(d) He is known as a fair and kind king to his people.

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

8. What does Joukahainen's mother tell him about shooting Vainamoinen?
(a) She tells him not to do it.
(b) She tells him where to aim.
(c) She tells him the secret of Vainamoinen's vulnerability.
(d) She tells him where to find him.

9. What does Lemmenkainen do when his happiness with Kyllikki ends?
(a) He resolves to travel to Pohja.
(b) He marries Kyllikki to the Moon.
(c) He sends Kyllikki away.
(d) He gives Kyllikki back to her mother.

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

11. What is happening when the Water-Mother experiences an upsurge of energy?
(a) Monsters are swallowing the sun.
(b) The Maid of Pohja is singing to her.
(c) The small bird's eggs are hatching on her knee.
(d) Lemminkainen is being born.

12. What is the little maid doing when she hears Vainamoinen?
(a) She is collecting firewood.
(b) She is taking off her jewels.
(c) She is fishing.
(d) She is doing her daily chores.

13. What does Vainamoinen ride on his journey?
(a) A magical crow.
(b) A magical elk.
(c) An burro.
(d) A magical salmon.

14. What does Lemminkainen do to press his suit?
(a) He takes a job as a shepherd.
(b) He tricks her into coming to his hut.
(c) He bribes the Creator.
(d) He bribes the woman's brother.

15. What does Lemmenkainen decide to do after he is reassembled and brought back to life?
(a) He decides to live with his mother.
(b) He resolves to revenge himself on Markahattu.
(c) He resolves to marry Louhi's daughter at any cost.
(d) He takes his magic cloak back to Louhi's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Joukahainen offer that finally convinces Vainamoinen to let him go free?

2. What does Ilmarinen ride off on, after he finds out where Vainamoinen is going?

3. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?

4. What was the Water-Mother's name before she became the Water-Mother?

5. Who helps Lemmenkainen's mother reassemble Lemmenkainen's body?

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