The Lincoln Highway Quizzes

The Lincoln Highway Quiz 1

1 How did Duchess and Woolly get to Emmett’s home?
They hitch-hiked across the country.

They stowed away in the back of the warden’s car.

They came on foot.

They ended up there by accident.
2 Where does Duchess request they make a stop on their way to Omaha?
A grocery store for supplies

A gas station to get some snacks

The home for wayward boys where he stayed briefly

A theater where his father worked
3 What does Duchess give out at the orphanage?
Money

Spare clothes

Candy

Strawberry preserves
4 Where did Duchess get the strawberry preserves to hand out?
Emmett's home

Mr. Ransom

Billy

Sally
5 What does Sister Agnes gift to Billy?
New clothes for the trip

A loaf of bread and jam

A copy of the Bible

A St. Christopher’s medal
6 What does a St. Christopher’s medal symbolize?
He is the patron saint of travelers

Protection against evil

Blessings and good fortune for orphans

Goodwill
7 How do Duchess and Woolly manage to steal Emmett’s car?
Woolly tricks Billy into going to the bathroom

Duchess knocks Emmett out

Billy falls asleep in the car

Duchess tells Billy that they will return the car in time for their trip to California
8 What does Sister Agnes tell Emmett about Duchess?
How Duchess was born

How Duchess came to the orphanage

How Duchess got his name

That Duchess was violent at the orphanage
9 Why does Emmett feel awkward around Sally?
He feels awkward that her father owns his house

He blames her father for his father's death

They grew up together

They were formerly involved romantically
10 What was the name of Salina’s ex-warden?
Williams

Snyder

Ackerly

Hardy
11 What is Woolly’s main reason for leaving Salina?
He hated the food.

He cannot stand the monotony of routine life.

He missed his mother.

He missed his sister.
12 How much money does Emmett’s father leave for him?
30,000 dollars

1,000 dollars

3,000 dollars

Nothing
13 How much money does Woolly claim is in his trust fund?
300,000 dollars

1,500,000 dollars

He does not know exactly

150,000 dollars
14 Which famous historical figure did Woolly’s grandfather admire?
Theodore Roosevelt

Ulysses S. Grant

Napoleon

Abraham Lincoln
15 What famous historical speech did Woolly recite at his family’s celebration when he was ten?
FDR's Inaugural Address

George Washington's Inaugural Address

Patrick Henry's speech for independence

The Gettysburg Address
16 At a statue of which historical figure does Duchess find Woolly?
Mark Antony

George Washington

Napoleon

Abraham Lincoln
17 What is the name of the restaurant that Duchess describes to Woolly?
Ricardo’s

Horatio's

Leonello’s

Sal's
18 What is the combination to the safe that Woolly’s great-grandfather’s kept?
The date of the Gettysburg Address

The end of the American Civil War

George Washington’s birthday

The Fourth of July
19 What holiday does Emmett and Billy’s mother enjoy most?
Thanksgiving

Christmas

The Fourth of July

Valentine's Day
20 How much money do each of the three boys end up with at the end of the novel?
3,000 dollars

100,000 dollars

50,000 dollars

20,000 dollars
21 How was Duchess originally planning to get to New York?
The Greyhound

By hitchhiking

A train

By stealing the warden’s car
22 What does Woolly like to listen to on the radio?
Advertisements and commercials

News reports

Radio shows

Pop songs
23 How does Emmett find food on the train?
He finds a private car with leftover food

He pretends to be a paying customer

He steals from the kitchen car

He does not manage to find anything to eat
24 How much does Emmett get tipped by the hungover passengers in the private car?
50 dollars

5 dollars

10 dollars

500 dollars
25 What does Woolly have a problem with?
Alcohol

Kleptomania

Drugs

Sleeping

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