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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 Lemmenkainen demand of Louhi after he banishes the storytellers?
(a) He wants to know the secret of her immortality.
(b) He wants to know who he will marry.
(c) He wants her to give him her daughter in marriage.
(d) He wants to know how to get rid of Markahattu.

2. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?
(a) Magic cloaks and swords.
(b) Gold, horses, and armor.
(c) Jewels and gold.
(d) His life.

3. Who sets out the series of tasks Vainamoinen must complete if he is going to marry?
(a) The Maid of Pohja.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Annikki.
(d) Ilmarinen.

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

5. What does the Maid of Pohja say when she hears that Vainamoinen has arrived at the end of his journey?
(a) She says that she does not like sailors and will not marry Vainamoinen.
(b) She says that her father has forbidden her to marry Vainamoinen.
(c) She says that she would be honored to marry Vainamoinen,
(d) She tells Vainamoinen that he is too old for her to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Lemmenkainen capture the elk after his snowshoes break?

2. What do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen agree to do when they arrive where they are going?

3. What is Vainamoinen thinking about when the eagle rescues him?

4. What does Lemmenkainen do when his happiness with Kyllikki ends?

5. To whom does the little maid recount what she hears from Vainamoinen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Joukahainen finally spots Vainamoinen crossing the ocean?

2. What happens when Vainamoinen tells Aino to wear jewelry?

3. How does Vainamoinen convince Vipunen to tell him the three magic words?

4. Who tries to play the kantele Vainamoinen makes?

5. How does Vainamoinen kill the pike and what does he do with it after he kills it?

6. What happens when Vainamoinen disapproves of Joukahainen's stories?

7. Describe Vainamoinen's birth.

8. How does Vainamoinen convince Ilmarinen to help him steal the Sampo in Pohja?

9. How do Joukahainen's mother and sister feel about the deal Joukahainen struck with Vainamoinen?

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

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