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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louhi's daughter do when she and Ilmarinen stop for the night?
(a) She writes to her mother.
(b) She convinces men in the inn to murder Ilmarinen.
(c) She carries on with another man.
(d) She escapes.

2. Who tells Kullervo that his family still lives while he is wandering through the forest?
(a) Untamo.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) An old woman.
(d) The Daughter of Louhi.

3. What does Vainamoinen do when he sees that Louhi has freed her prisoners?
(a) He builds a boat and sails home.
(b) He sings a song of thanks.
(c) He releases Louhi from his chains.
(d) He cracks the mountain open and imprisons Louhi in it.

4. How does Ilmarinen get one of Louhi's daughters to go with him?
(a) He threatens her.
(b) He kidnaps her.
(c) He sings to her.
(d) He promises her jewelry.

5. What does Lemminkainen find in his food at the wedding feast?
(a) Stuffing.
(b) Worms.
(c) Pins.
(d) Cream filling.

6. How does Kullervo perform his tasks on the family farm?
(a) He whips everything into shape.
(b) He changes how everything is done.
(c) He invents tools for every little task.
(d) He damages everything he touches.

7. What does Louhi send to attack Vainamoinen after the plagues?
(a) A swarm of bees.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) A bear.
(d) A giant dog.

8. Who is explicitly not invited to the wedding of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Annikki.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Lemminkainen.

9. Whom does Lemminkainen seek out to help him get revenge on the armies that had pursued him?
(a) Annikki.
(b) The Storyteller.
(c) Tiera.
(d) Frost.

10. What does Lemminkainen do to the Lord of Pohja's head?
(a) He cuts the Lord of Pohja's cheek with a carving knife.
(b) He cuts it off and puts it on a pole in the courtyard.
(c) He beats the Lord of Pohja in the head with a mallet.
(d) He cuts it off and throws it in the sea.

11. What do Vainamoinen's tears turn into after they drop into the sea?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Pikes.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Boats.

12. What does Louhi see Ilmarinen making that causes her to set her prisoners free?
(a) A poison sweetbread for her.
(b) A woman to replace her.
(c) A magic sword to kill her.
(d) A collar and chains to bind her.

13. Where does Ilmarinen go to make himself a new wife?
(a) The forge.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The forest.

14. What allows Lemminkainen, Vainamoinen, and Ilmarinen to pass through the waterfall?
(a) Louhi's magic.
(b) Vainamoinen's magic.
(c) A canopy Ilmarinen makes.
(d) Lemminkainen's magic.

15. How does Untamo try to break Kullevo's spirit?
(a) He kills Kullervo's beloved.
(b) He gives Kullervo menial jobs.
(c) He burns down Kullervo's home.
(d) He tortures Kullervo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Vainamoinen and his people do with the beast(s) Louhi sends to attack them?

2. How does Kullervo speak about his family when his mother asks him not to leave?

3. Whom does Louhi capture and lock up in a cave?

4. What is Louhi worried about, with regard to the wedding feast?

5. Who helps Vainamoinen cure the plagues and afflictions Louhi sends into his land?

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