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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What preparations are made for the marriage of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Songs are taught to the musicians.
(b) A butcher is taught how to butcher an ox.
(c) Beer is prepared.
(d) An ox is butchered.

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

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

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

5. Who is explicitly not invited to the wedding of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Lemminkainen.
(b) Annikki.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Ilmarinen.

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

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

8. What do Vainamoinen's tears turn into after they drop into the sea?
(a) Boats.
(b) Pikes.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Ducks.

9. Who helps Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen catch the giant fish?
(a) Louhi.
(b) An old man.
(c) The Creator.
(d) A dwarf.

10. What does Louhi send to attack Vainamoinen after the plagues?
(a) A swarm of bees.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) A giant dog.
(d) A bear.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who helps the young maiden brew beer?

3. What song is sung at the end of the feast?

4. What happens on the first morning when Ilmarinen wakes up next to the woman he created?

5. When does Kullervo's mother die?

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