1 What season does this poem take place in? Spring Summer Winter Fall 2 What constellation do the speaker and her partner notice? Ursa Major Centaurus Hydra Orion 3 What does the speaker say her mouth is full of? ash dust sea stars 4 What makes the sound of "thunder" in the poem? the supernova the speaker's voice the bending trees rolling trash cans 5 "Look, we are not _________ things" unspectacular these vulnerable unremarkable these terrified 6 "I wish to reclaim _______" what's forgotten the rising my birthright our skyline 7 "Man, we should really learn _______" the names of these trees more about Kentucky the needs of those around us some new constellations 8 Which of the following does the speaker NOT say she wants to lean towards/into? what's larger in us how we were born our synapses and flesh the spotlight of streetlight 9 What does the speaker imagine saying "No" to? the arrows we make the dust of stars the rising tides winter's icy hand 10 Which of the following best describes the shift in mood during the poem? confined to inspiring betrayed to angry mournful to relaxed blissful to frightened 11 What does the speaker imagine we can "use our bodies to bargain" for? the safety of others and earth recognition and prestige better homes equal representation 12 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker's ideas of a better world? defiant selfish fearless loving 13 What type of sentence dominates the second half of the poem? Exclamatory Persuasive Interrogative Declarative 14 What poetic technique does Limón use very rarely at the beginning of the poem, and more towards the end? Personification Enjambment Rhyme Visual imagery 15 What animal does the speaker compare herself to? raccoons horses spiders dogs 16 Which of the following causes does the speaker seem to advocate for in the poem? Gun control Environmental justice Religious freedom Education reform 17 Which of the following boundaries is Ada Limón NOT exploring prominently in this poem? The mechanical and the organic The terrestrial and the celestial The mundane and the transcendent The domestic and the outside world 18 How many stanzas does this poem have? 28 15 None 1 19 What is this poem's meter? Dactylic hexameter Trochaic trimeter Iambic pentameter Free verse 20 In what book did this poem appear? Sharks in the Rivers Lucky Wreck Bright Dead Things The Carrying 21 Where was this poem first published? Instagram In a book Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets The Smithsonian Magazine 22 Who does "you" likely refer to in this poem? the reader the poet's husband the poet's dog Orion 23 What is Ada Limón's full-time occupation, outside of writing? Politician Professor None Horse racing 24 Which of the following positions did Ada Limón take up in 2022? U.S. Poet Laureate Professor Emerita Presidential Poet Editor-in-chief of Poetry Magazine 25 Which of the following is true about stars? That we are seeing light from the past when we look at stars That our bodies will one day all turn into stars That the stars we see have existed forever That all the stars in our sky are already dead