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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Annikki tell Ilmarinen where Vainamoinen is sailing?
(a) She wants Ilmarinen to marry the maid of Pohja.
(b) She wants to make sure that Vainamoinen does not reveal Ilmarinen's secrets.
(c) She wants to set up a meeting between Ilmarinen and Vainamoinen.
(d) She wants Ilmarinen to get his revenge on Vainamoinen.

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

3. Who is not banished from the fire by Lemmenkainen's magical songs?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Kyllikki.
(d) Markahattu.

4. What do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen agree to do when they arrive where they are going?
(a) They agree to fight to the death.
(b) They agree to let the Maid of Pohja choose between them.
(c) They agree not to fight over the Maid of Pohja's hand.
(d) They agree to gamble for the Maid of Pohja's hand.

5. What is Joukahainen's mother's reaction to Aino's marriage to Vainamoinen?
(a) She is envious of her daughter's good fortune.
(b) She is delighted that Aino will be married to someone of such repute.
(c) She is furious that Aino will be married to her enemy.
(d) She is distraught that Aino will be married to an old man.

6. What does Vainamoinen build to convince Vipunen to tell him what he wants to know?
(a) A castle.
(b) A hovel.
(c) A forge.
(d) A grinder.

7. What prayer does Lemmenkainen make after his snowshoes break?
(a) He prays for the intelligence to outwit the elk.
(b) He prays that Kyllikki will leave him alone.
(c) He prays for Louhi's daughter's hand in marriage.
(d) He prays that no hunters will hunt for elk in this forest.

8. Who ultimately helps Louhi do what she wants done?
(a) Vainamoinen.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Joukahainen.

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

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

11. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?
(a) Jewels and gold.
(b) Magic cloaks and swords.
(c) Gold, horses, and armor.
(d) His life.

12. What do the gods decide to do when they hear Lemmenkainen bragging?
(a) They turn him into a goose.
(b) They discourage him in the shape of his mother.
(c) They send him on a wild chase after an elk.
(d) They make him fall into a deep sleep.

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

14. What does Vainamoinen tell Louhi in response to her request?
(a) He does what she asks and marries her daughter.
(b) He tells Louhi that he does not want to marry her daughter.
(c) He tells Louhi that he knows someone who can do what she wants done.
(d) He tells Louhi that what she asks cannot be done.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What story does the Storyteller tell first?

3. What happens after Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?

4. Who comes to the shore to see who has arrived there?

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

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