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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes Lemminkainen to rush home to Pohja?
(a) A flock of seagulls.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) Messengers from Louhi.
(d) Fires.

3. Who helps Vainamoinen cure the plagues and afflictions Louhi sends into his land?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) One of Louhi's daughters.
(c) Lemminkainen.
(d) An old man.

4. 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 go away.
(c) She tells him to introduce her to the girl's parents.
(d) She tells him to take the girl to Untamo.

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

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

7. Whose praises does Vainamoinen sing at Ilmarinen's home?
(a) Lokka's.
(b) Ilmarinen's.
(c) The Maid of Pohja's.
(d) His own.

8. 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.

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

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

11. 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.

12. 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 kills them with his sword.
(c) He sings them to sleep.
(d) He tricks them into going the wrong direction.

13. Who helps Louhi get her revenge for the theft of the Sampo?
(a) A storm.
(b) An old man.
(c) Loviatar.
(d) The Creator.

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

15. What does the Child tell the Maid of Pohja when she bursts into tears?
(a) He says that she is going to be much more alone in the future.
(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 marrying the best of men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen go to look for the flame the Creator sends?

2. Who helps Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen catch the giant fish?

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

4. What does Ilmarinen tell his metallic bride when he wakes up beside her?

5. How does Kullervo get revenge against the Daughter of Louhi?

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