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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 Vainamoinen catch?
(a) He catches Aino, who tells him a new technique for catching fish.
(b) He catches a salmon that was in fact Aino.
(c) He catches a number of fish, but none of them is Aino.
(d) He catches a fish that tells him how to catch Aino.

2. Who comes to the shore to see who has arrived there?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Joukahainen.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) The Lord of Pohja.

3. What name is the Water-Mother given?
(a) The Maid of Pohja.
(b) Ilmatar.
(c) Earth Mother.
(d) Louhi.

4. What prayer does Lemmenkainen make after his snowshoes break?
(a) He prays for Louhi's daughter's hand in marriage.
(b) He prays that no hunters will hunt for elk in this forest.
(c) He prays that Kyllikki will leave him alone.
(d) He prays for the intelligence to outwit the elk.

5. What is Vainamoinen missing as he works with the wood Sampsa brought him?
(a) Iron hoops.
(b) Three magic words.
(c) A helper.
(d) Gum for caulking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Markahattu do to Lemmenkainen?

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

3. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?

4. What was the Water-Mother's name before she became the Water-Mother?

5. Why does Annikki tell Ilmarinen where Vainamoinen is sailing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Louhi say she wants in return for giving Vainamoinen safe passage home?

2. Describe Vainamoinen's birth.

3. What happens when Joukahainen prepares to hunt down Vainamoinen?

4. How does Ilmarinen end up with another of Louhi's daughters?

5. Describe Lemminkainen's courtship of Kyllikki.

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

7. What do the people tell the Maid of Pohja about marriage?

8. How does Ilmarinen fix the destruction caused by the light the Creator sent down to earth when the sun and moon were stolen?

9. What happens after Vainamoinen tells the old man the story of the iron?

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

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