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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does this lumberjack cut down such an enormous tree?
(a) He turns into a huge, armor clad warrior.
(b) He calls a team of lumberjacks.
(c) He summons a team of beavers.
(d) He pulls the tree up with his bare hands.

4. Whom does Lemminkainen resolve to win?
(a) The Maid of Pohja.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Kyllikki.
(d) Aino.

5. What kind of tree does Vainamoinen plant?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Birch.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Oak.

6. Where does Joukahainen find Vainamoinen?
(a) In the forest.
(b) On the beach.
(c) Crossing the ocean.
(d) In the desert.

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

8. What does Markahattu do to Lemmenkainen?
(a) He feeds his body to birds.
(b) He disposes of his body in a river.
(c) He feeds his body to bees.
(d) He burns his body in a fire.

9. What does the water mother's baby do when he is born?
(a) Looks for a place to build a castle.
(b) Looks for his father.
(c) Looks for someone to sow seeds in the land.
(d) Conquers his father's henchmen.

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

11. Where does Vainamoinen want to send his friend Sampsa at the beginning of part 16?
(a) To Louhi's house with a message.
(b) On a quest in search of wood.
(c) On a journey of discovery.
(d) To Lemmenkainen with a challenge.

12. How does Vainamoinen escape from the Underworld?
(a) He wrestles with the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld.
(b) He transforms himself into a small snake-like animal.
(c) He defeats Vipunen in single combat.
(d) He offers to marry the Daughter of the Underworld.

13. What does Lemmenkainen demand of Louhi after he banishes the storytellers?
(a) He wants to know how to get rid of Markahattu.
(b) He wants to know who he will marry.
(c) He wants to know the secret of her immortality.
(d) He wants her to give him her daughter in marriage.

14. What name is the Water-Mother given?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Ilmatar.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Earth Mother.

15. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) Louhi.
(b) A very small man.
(c) Lemminkainen.
(d) Two farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aino tell her mother when her mother asks about Aino's walk with Vainamoinen?

2. What does Vainamionen do with the wood Sampsa brings back to Vainamoinen?

3. What is Vainamoinen thinking about when the eagle rescues him?

4. What does the Daughter of the Underworld tell Vainamoinen?

5. To whom does the little maid recount what she hears from Vainamoinen?

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