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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?
(a) He challenges Vainamoinen to a race.
(b) He challenges Vainamoinen to a storytelling contest.
(c) He challenges Vainamoinen to a wrestling match.
(d) He challenges Vainamoinen to a javelin contest.

2. What does Lemmenkainen do when his happiness with Kyllikki ends?
(a) He resolves to travel to Pohja.
(b) He marries Kyllikki to the Moon.
(c) He sends Kyllikki away.
(d) He gives Kyllikki back to her mother.

3. What does the character who was not banished do after all the others are banished from the room by Lemmenkainen?
(a) He returns to the room with a knife.
(b) He accuses Lemmenkainen of witchcraft.
(c) He gathers the others and arranges an ambush.
(d) He waits for Lemmenkainen outside.

4. What does Vainamoinen feel as he listens to Joukahainen's stories?
(a) Envy.
(b) Impatience.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does the Storyteller tell first?

2. What does Vainamoinen do when he agrees to take what Joukahainen offers?

3. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?

4. What does Vainamoinen tell the living creatures after he returns from the Underworld?

5. What does Aino do in response to Vainamoinen's request?

(see the answer key)

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