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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vainamoinen answer when he is asked where he is sailing to?
(a) He says he is sailing to the dawn.
(b) He says he is sailing home.
(c) He lies a first and then says he is sailing to Pohja.
(d) He says he is sailing to Ilmarinen.

3. Where does Vainamoinen plant his tree?
(a) In the ashes of a fire.
(b) In a bird's nest.
(c) In an eggshell.
(d) In the ocean.

4. What happens when Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?
(a) His third shot kills the magical elk.
(b) His first shot kills Vainamoinen.
(c) His second shot kills Vainamoinen.
(d) His mother intervenes to protect Vainamoinen.

5. What does Joukahainen shoot at Vainamoinen with?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A crossbow with poisoned arrows.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A pistol.

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

7. What happens when the eagle drops Vainamoinen?
(a) Vainamoinen kills Joukahainen.
(b) Vainamoinen finds Aino in the form of an elk.
(c) Vainamoinen finds the cave with the jewels.
(d) Vainamoinen gets lonely and begins to cry.

8. What is the name of the baby the Water-Mother is carrying?
(a) Lemmenkainen.
(b) Louhi.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Vainamoinen.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does Vainamionen do with the wood Sampsa brings back to Vainamoinen?
(a) Shapes it into a series of tools.
(b) Shapes it into a boat.
(c) Builds a lodge.
(d) Builds a house.

15. What happens after Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?
(a) Vainamoinen dies on the beach.
(b) Vainamoinen saves the arrows for his revenge.
(c) Vainamoinen dies in the forest.
(d) Vainamoinen swims for his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Lemminkainen resolve to win?

2. Why does Vipunen ultimately tell Vainamoinen what he wants to know?

3. What kind of tree does Vainamoinen plant?

4. What are Joukahainen's stories like?

5. Where does Lemminkainen take his new bride?

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