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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. How does this lumberjack cut down such an enormous tree?
(a) He summons a team of beavers.
(b) He pulls the tree up with his bare hands.
(c) He turns into a huge, armor clad warrior.
(d) He calls a team of lumberjacks.

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

3. What does Lemmenkainen decide to do after he is reassembled and brought back to life?
(a) He decides to live with his mother.
(b) He resolves to revenge himself on Markahattu.
(c) He takes his magic cloak back to Louhi's house.
(d) He resolves to marry Louhi's daughter at any cost.

4. What condition does Louhi impose on Lemmenkainen before she can give him what he wants?
(a) He has to defeat Markahattu in a storytelling contest.
(b) He has to defeat the gods in a hunting contest.
(c) He has to go out on snowshoes and capture a mighty elk.
(d) He has to walk across the ocean.

5. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) Lemminkainen.
(b) A very small man.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Two farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen ask Aino to do for him when they are walking through the forest together?

2. What prayer does Lemmenkainen make after his snowshoes break?

3. What does Louhi ask from Vainamoinen in return for her help?

4. What does Vainamoinen resolve to build at the beginning of Part 16?

5. Who is not banished from the fire by Lemmenkainen's magical songs?

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