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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on the first morning when Ilmarinen wakes up next to the woman he created?
(a) She is happy to see him, and grateful to him.
(b) She is confused to discover herself.
(c) She is angry that he did not make her complete.
(d) She is cold and unresponsive.

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

3. What does Vainamoinen try to convince Ilmarinen to help him do?
(a) Steal jewels from Louhi.
(b) Steal the Sampo from Pohja.
(c) Revenge himself on the daughter of Louhi.
(d) Steal a different daughter from Louhi.

4. What does Lemminkainen discover when he returns from his hiding place?
(a) His family is older and he does not recognize them.
(b) His parents and his friends have all died.
(c) Much of what he remembers has been destroyed.
(d) Everything has been improved and modernized.

5. Whom does Louhi capture and lock up in a cave?
(a) Ilmarinen and her daughter.
(b) Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen.
(c) The creator and the old man.
(d) The sun and moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kullervo hears the story of his sister's disappearance. What was she doing when she disappeared?

3. Who helps the young maiden brew beer?

4. How do Ilmarinen, Lemminkainen, and Vainamoinen get the Sampo from Louhi?

5. What does Ilmarinen use to make himself a new wife?

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