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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 tells her that with luck she will escape from her husband.
(c) He says that she is marrying the best of men.
(d) He says that she is going to be much more alone in the future.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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 conjures a reef on which their ship wrecks.
(d) He sings them to sleep.

7. What do Vainamoinen and his people do with the beast(s) Louhi sends to attack them?
(a) They capture the bees in trees and make mead from their honey.
(b) They tame the dog and teach it to hunt.
(c) They kill the bear and eat it.
(d) They kill the crows with stones.

8. What happens after Vainamoinen reaches the cave where Louhi is keeping her prisoners?
(a) He frees Louhi's daughter.
(b) He is overcome by a giant dog.
(c) He uses magic to free the prisoners.
(d) He cannot break the locks at first.

9. How does Ilmarinen get one of Louhi's daughters to go with him?
(a) He promises her jewelry.
(b) He sings to her.
(c) He threatens her.
(d) He kidnaps her.

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

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

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

13. What does Lemminkainen's mother warn him about when he is preparing to go away?
(a) The dangers he will face on his journey.
(b) The insult he is giving to Vainamoinen.
(c) The danger of his absence in his father's illness.
(d) The possibility that he will never return.

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

15. What does Louhi see Ilmarinen making that causes her to set her prisoners free?
(a) A collar and chains to bind her.
(b) A woman to replace her.
(c) A poison sweetbread for her.
(d) A magic sword to kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Lemminkainen seek out to help him get revenge on the armies that had pursued him?

2. How does Kullervo perform his tasks on the family farm?

3. What does Louhi do when she finds that the Sampo is gone?

4. What happens when Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen ask Louhi for the Sampo?

5. What does Vainamoinen try to convince Ilmarinen to help him do?

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