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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Kullervo's mother die?
(a) While he is pleading with her for permission to leave.
(b) While he is at war with Untamo.
(c) While he is looking for the meaning of his life.
(d) While he is on his way home from the sea.

2. What does the character do who is not welcome at the wedding?
(a) He complains to Vainamoinen.
(b) He threatens Vainamoinen with violence.
(c) He makes a scene by telling ominous stories.
(d) He gets angry and prepares to go away.

3. How does Ilmarinen punish Louhi's daughter?
(a) He throws her out into the cold without clothes.
(b) He eats her.
(c) He turns her into a seabird.
(d) He tells vicious stories about her.

4. What does the Lord of Pohja offer Lemminkainen after Lemminkainen complains about the food?
(a) A drinking cup.
(b) A bride.
(c) A shield.
(d) A stream to drink from.

5. What does Louhi's daughter do when Ilmarinen takes her with him?
(a) Falls in love with Ilmarinen.
(b) Plots to kill Ilmarinen.
(c) Bemoans her fate.
(d) Tries to escape.

6. Where does Ilmarinen get help to heal his wounds?
(a) From Vainamoinen.
(b) From the ocean.
(c) From the land of Pohja.
(d) From the giant fish.

7. How does Lemminkainen respond to his mother's warnings?
(a) He makes sure to bring all his weapons.
(b) He boasts about how he will overcome each encounter.
(c) He gets quiet and afraid, and reconsiders his decision.
(d) He hides his money carefully.

8. What does Louhi's daughter do when she and Ilmarinen stop for the night?
(a) She convinces men in the inn to murder Ilmarinen.
(b) She writes to her mother.
(c) She carries on with another man.
(d) She escapes.

9. Kullervo hears the story of his sister's disappearance. What was she doing when she disappeared?
(a) Gathering berries.
(b) Picking flowers.
(c) Washing clothes in a river.
(d) Washing her hair.

10. Where do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen go to look for the flame the Creator sends?
(a) At the bottom of a vast lake.
(b) In the heavens.
(c) In the forest.
(d) In the ocean.

11. What does Lemminkainen discover when he returns from his hiding place?
(a) His parents and his friends have all died.
(b) His family is older and he does not recognize them.
(c) Everything has been improved and modernized.
(d) Much of what he remembers has been destroyed.

12. Whom does Vainamoinen toast at the wedding?
(a) Storytellers.
(b) The Maid of Pohja.
(c) Lemminkainen.
(d) Ilmarinen.

13. What happens to Lemminkainen and his friend on their way to get revenge against Pohja?
(a) They meet with mermaids who prophecy their fate.
(b) They kill the ferryman who could have taken them into Pohja.
(c) They lose their way after Frost freezes their boat in the water.
(d) They are drowned on their way to Pohja.

14. What is Louhi worried about, with regard to the wedding feast?
(a) Having too many guests.
(b) Having enough beer.
(c) Keeping the guests in line.
(d) Getting the invitations out.

15. Where does Lemminkainen hide after the wedding feast?
(a) On an island of women.
(b) In a chest in his mother's bedroom.
(c) In a closet off of of his mother's kitchen.
(d) In a new country to the west.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen do when he sees that Louhi has freed her prisoners?

2. What does Louhi send to attack Vainamoinen after the plagues?

3. What does Lemminkainen say when he arrives at the wedding feast?

4. What happens after Vainamoinen reaches the cave where Louhi is keeping her prisoners?

5. How does Kullervo speak about his family when his mother asks him not to leave?

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