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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Vainamoinen complete the tasks so that he can marry?
(a) Annikki.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Ilmarinen.
(d) The Maid of Pohja.

2. What does Aino tell her mother when her mother asks about Aino's walk with Vainamoinen?
(a) Aino tells her mother that Vainamoinen is plotting against the family.
(b) Aino tells her that she was set upon by thieves.
(c) Aino tells her the truth about how she lost her jewelry.
(d) Aino tells her mother that Vainamoinen stole her jewelry.

3. To whom does the little maid recount what she hears from Vainamoinen?
(a) Aino.
(b) Joukahainen.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Aino's mother.

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

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

6. What does Vainamoinen feel as he listens to Joukahainen's stories?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Fear.
(c) Envy.
(d) Admiration.

7. What does Ilmarinen ride off on, after he finds out where Vainamoinen is going?
(a) A magic sledge.
(b) A magic carpet.
(c) A hand-made boat.
(d) A crow's back.

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

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

10. Who comes after the Water-Mother prays for relief?
(a) Vainamoinen.
(b) A small bird.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Louhi.

11. Who helps Lemmenkainen's mother reassemble Lemmenkainen's body?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bee.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) Louhi's daughter.

12. What does Vainamoinen tell the living creatures after he returns from the Underworld?
(a) He describes the horrors he saw.
(b) He tells them the magic words he learned there.
(c) He tells them all about the Daughter of the Underworld.
(d) He tells them not to go there themselves.

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

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

15. What condition does Louhi impose on Lemmenkainen before she can give him what he wants?
(a) He has to walk across the ocean.
(b) He has to defeat Markahattu in a storytelling contest.
(c) He has to go out on snowshoes and capture a mighty elk.
(d) He has to defeat the gods in a hunting contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Storyteller get his story?

2. Where does the eagle take Vainamoinen when it rescues him?

3. What occasion marks the end of Lemminkainen and Kyllikki's happiness?

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

5. What condition is the Water-Mother trying to find relief from?

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