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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is happening when the Water-Mother experiences an upsurge of energy?
(a) The small bird's eggs are hatching on her knee.
(b) Monsters are swallowing the sun.
(c) The Maid of Pohja is singing to her.
(d) Lemminkainen is being born.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Vainamoinen catch?
(a) He catches a salmon that was in fact Aino.
(b) He catches a number of fish, but none of them is Aino.
(c) He catches Aino, who tells him a new technique for catching fish.
(d) He catches a fish that tells him how to catch Aino.

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

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

10. What does Vainamoinen do when he agrees to take what Joukahainen offers?
(a) He allows Joukahainen to be drowned.
(b) He allows Joukahainen to return home.
(c) He tells Joukahainen the story of his own miserable future.
(d) He humiliates Joukahainen by turning him into a spider.

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

12. What sound does Vainamoinen find sad after he goes fishing?
(a) The crow's call.
(b) The hummingbird's wings.
(c) The nightingale's song.
(d) The cuckoo's song.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?

2. What name is the Water-Mother given?

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

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

5. Who helps Lemmenkainen capture the elk after his snowshoes break?

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