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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ilmarinen's wife, the Daughter of Louhi, express her dislike for Kullervo?
(a) She dulls the blades of his knives.
(b) She drills holes in his shoes.
(c) She bakes a stone into his loaf of bread.
(d) She spreads rumors about him.

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

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

4. What happens when Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen ask Louhi for the Sampo?
(a) She conjures a spell to put them to sleep.
(b) She refuses to give it to them.
(c) She disappears.
(d) She gives it to them with one of her daughters in marriage.

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

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

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

8. Who tells the Maid of Pohja about how her life will be different once she is married?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Vainamoinen.
(c) Old women of the household.
(d) Louhi.

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

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

11. How does Kullervo perform his tasks on the family farm?
(a) He changes how everything is done.
(b) He whips everything into shape.
(c) He damages everything he touches.
(d) He invents tools for every little task.

12. What does the Old Man by the Fire say about stories of children?
(a) He says that they contain all the simple truth of the world.
(b) He says that they are the cause of all mirth.
(c) He says that they can be misleading.
(d) He says that they are shallow lies.

13. What does Vainamoinen do when he sees that Louhi has freed her prisoners?
(a) He releases Louhi from his chains.
(b) He builds a boat and sails home.
(c) He cracks the mountain open and imprisons Louhi in it.
(d) He sings a song of thanks.

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

15. What does Kullervo's mother tell him after she hears about the woman he seduced?
(a) She tells him to marry the girl.
(b) She tells him to take the girl to Untamo.
(c) She tells him to go away.
(d) She tells him to introduce her to the girl's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilmarinen make to help him achieve the task he wants Vainamoinen to help him with?

2. Whom does Louhi capture and lock up in a cave?

3. Where does Lemminkainen hide after the wedding feast?

4. What does the Lord of Pohja offer Lemminkainen after Lemminkainen complains about the food?

5. What does Louhi's daughter do when she and Ilmarinen stop for the night?

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