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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen ask Aino to do for him when they are walking through the forest together?
(a) Wear her jewelry.
(b) Take off her jewelry.
(c) Betray her brother.
(d) Renounce her father.

2. What gift does Joukahainen offer that finally convinces Vainamoinen to let him go free?
(a) A necklace.
(b) His sister.
(c) The secret to his immortality.
(d) A magical robe.

3. What are the chips from Vainamoinen's tree turned into?
(a) Baskets.
(b) Arrows.
(c) Beavers.
(d) People.

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

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

6. What does the Maid of Pohja say when she hears that Vainamoinen has arrived at the end of his journey?
(a) She tells Vainamoinen that he is too old for her to marry.
(b) She says that she does not like sailors and will not marry Vainamoinen.
(c) She says that she would be honored to marry Vainamoinen,
(d) She says that her father has forbidden her to marry Vainamoinen.

7. How does Aino's mother console her when Aino is crying about marrying Vainamoinen?
(a) She says that her family's home is not the only place where flowers bloom.
(b) She tells Aino that this will be the perfect opportunity for the family to take revenge.
(c) She introduces Aino to the transcendent nature of family.
(d) She reminds Aino that she left her own home when she married.

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

9. What does Vainamoinen do when he is listening to Joukahainen's stories?
(a) He slanders Joukahainen to the other listeners.
(b) He runs and hides himself away.
(c) He kills Joukahainen with a sword.
(d) He causes a swamp to rise up around Joukahainen.

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

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

12. What does Lemminkainen tell his bride when he arrives where he takes her?
(a) He threatens to kill her if she tries to escape.
(b) He promises to build her a bigger house.
(c) He tells her why he abducted her.
(d) He tells her the conditions she has to meet for him to free her.

13. What song does Louhi's child sing after Vainamoinen has completed the tasks?
(a) A song about a hunter who captured a magical deer.
(b) A song about an eagle that carried away maiden.
(c) A song about a maiden who married a god.
(d) A song about a turtle who carried a magical world on his back.

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

15. What does Louhi do when she finds Vainamoinen?
(a) She convinces her son to kill him.
(b) She protects him from her son.
(c) She offers him her daughter's hand.
(d) She takes him to her home and bathes him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Vainamoinen's finally arrives at his destination, how is his arrival first announced?

2. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?

3. What is the name of the baby the Water-Mother is carrying?

4. Where does the Storyteller get his story?

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

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