Richard Blanco's Poem Quiz

What is the title of the poem?

• The Stars Hope

• Our Ground

• One Sky

• America Today

What is the poet's name?

• Robert Frost

• Langston Hughes

• Maya Angelou

• Richard Blanco

What is the poet describing as 'kindled over our Shores'?

• The moon

• The clouds

• The sun

• The stars

What is mentioned as 'teeming over highways alongside us'?

• Silver trucks

• Red cars

• Yellow buses

• Green bicycles

What did the poet's mother do for 20 years?

• Teach geometry

• Ring up groceries

• Clean tables

• Save lives

What is described as 'breathing color into stained glass windows'?

• The wind

• The rain

• The moon

• The sun

What is mentioned as 'rooting us to every stock of corn'?

• The sky

• The ground

• The moon

• The wind

What is described as 'the first brush stroke on a portrait'?

• The rain

• The sun

• The moon

• The snow

What is always under one sky according to the poet?

• The sun

• The country

• The stars

• The moon

What is described as 'a new constellation waiting for us to map it'?

• The stars

• The moon

• The sun

• The sky