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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Markahattu do to Lemmenkainen?
(a) He feeds his body to bees.
(b) He feeds his body to birds.
(c) He disposes of his body in a river.
(d) He burns his body in a fire.

2. What does the water mother's baby do when he is born?
(a) Conquers his father's henchmen.
(b) Looks for someone to sow seeds in the land.
(c) Looks for a place to build a castle.
(d) Looks for his father.

3. What story does Aino's mother tell her when Aino is upset about marrying?
(a) She tells Aino about how Aino's father won her hand by betraying his family.
(b) She tells Aino about her brother's treacherous history.
(c) She describes Joukahainen's gambling debts.
(d) She tells Aino about the jewels hidden in the cave.

4. What does Vainamoinen resolve to build at the beginning of Part 16?
(a) A tampo.
(b) A boat.
(c) A tree.
(d) A cave.

5. What does Louhi do when she finds Vainamoinen?
(a) She takes him to her home and bathes him.
(b) She protects him from her son.
(c) She convinces her son to kill him.
(d) She offers him her daughter's hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Storyteller get his story?

2. How does Aino's mother console her when Aino is crying about marrying Vainamoinen?

3. What does the character who was not banished do after all the others are banished from the room by Lemmenkainen?

4. How does this lumberjack cut down such an enormous tree?

5. What is the name of the baby the Water-Mother is carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lemminkainen's elk hunt.

2. What happens when Lemminkainen decides to go to the wedding?

3. What story does Anio's mother tell her to make her feel better about marrying Vainamoinen?

4. Where does Lemminkainen hide from Louhi's army, and what is it like there?

5. What additional challenges does Louhi assign to Lemminkainen?

6. What does Vainamoinen tell his friends when he arrives home?

7. Describe Lemminkainen and Kyllikki's arrival at Lemminkainen's home.

8. What tasks does the Maid of Pohja demand of Vainamoinen when he proposes to her?

9. What happens when the Daughter of the Air comes to earth?

10. What happens when Ilmarinen finds that his new bride has amused herself with another man while Ilmarinen was sleeping?

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