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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills the pike when Ilmarinen, Lemminkainen, and Vainamoinen run aground on the pike's back?
(a) Lemminkainen.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Ilmarinen.
(d) Vainamoinen.

2. In what form does Louhi attack Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen's ship?
(a) As a storm.
(b) As a pike.
(c) As a bear.
(d) As a giant eagle.

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

4. What does Ilmarinen use to make himself a new wife?
(a) Grease and herbs.
(b) Sticks and mud.
(c) Water and seaweed.
(d) Silver and gold.

5. What happens on the first morning when Ilmarinen wakes up next to the woman he created?
(a) She is confused to discover herself.
(b) She is angry that he did not make her complete.
(c) She is cold and unresponsive.
(d) She is happy to see him, and grateful to him.

6. What does Lemminkainen say when he arrives at the wedding feast?
(a) He threatens the Maid of Pohja.
(b) He challenges Vainamoinen to a fight.
(c) He curses the bride and groom.
(d) He demands to be greeted and fed properly.

7. How does Vainamoinen keep Louhi and her soldiers from catching up with him and Lemminkainen and Ilmarinen?
(a) He kills them with his sword.
(b) He tricks them into going the wrong direction.
(c) He sings them to sleep.
(d) He conjures a reef on which their ship wrecks.

8. What does Louhi do when she finds that the Sampo is gone?
(a) She builds another one.
(b) She uses her magic to bring it back.
(c) She sends fish to swallow the thieves.
(d) She sends storms after the thieves.

9. What does Lemminkainen find in his food at the wedding feast?
(a) Pins.
(b) Cream filling.
(c) Worms.
(d) Stuffing.

10. What song is sung at the end of the feast?
(a) The Maid of Pohja sings Vainamoinen's praises.
(b) Vainamoinen sings the praises of the creator.
(c) Louhi sings Vainamoinen's praises.
(d) Ilmarinen sings his praises of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja.

11. Whom does Lemminkainen seek out to help him get revenge on the armies that had pursued him?
(a) The Storyteller.
(b) Tiera.
(c) Frost.
(d) Annikki.

12. What does the Child tell the Maid of Pohja when she bursts into tears?
(a) He says that she is marrying the best of men.
(b) He tells her that with luck she will escape from her husband.
(c) He tells her that she should console herself by having children.
(d) He says that she is going to be much more alone in the future.

13. Who survives Untamo's attack on Kalervo's home?
(a) The daughter of Louhi.
(b) Kalervo.
(c) Ilmarinen.
(d) A pregnant woman.

14. What does Ilmarinen make to help him achieve the task he wants Vainamoinen to help him with?
(a) A boat.
(b) A woman.
(c) A grinder.
(d) A sword.

15. Who alerts Louhi to the theft of the Sampo?
(a) A heron.
(b) A storm.
(c) A crow.
(d) A pike.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ilmarinen's wife, the Daughter of Louhi, express her dislike for Kullervo?

2. What preparations are made for the marriage of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?

3. What do Vainamoinen and his people do with the beast(s) Louhi sends to attack them?

4. What does Kullervo's mother tell him after she hears about the woman he seduced?

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

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