The Lincoln Highway Quizzes

The Lincoln Highway Quiz 1

1 How did Duchess and Woolly get to Emmett’s home?
They came on foot.

They hitch-hiked across the country.

They ended up there by accident.

They stowed away in the back of the warden’s car.
2 Where does Duchess request they make a stop on their way to Omaha?
The home for wayward boys where he stayed briefly

A theater where his father worked

A grocery store for supplies

A gas station to get some snacks
3 What does Duchess give out at the orphanage?
Strawberry preserves

Candy

Money

Spare clothes
4 Where did Duchess get the strawberry preserves to hand out?
Mr. Ransom

Emmett's home

Sally

Billy
5 What does Sister Agnes gift to Billy?
A loaf of bread and jam

A St. Christopher’s medal

New clothes for the trip

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

Protection against evil

Goodwill

Blessings and good fortune for orphans
7 How do Duchess and Woolly manage to steal Emmett’s car?
Duchess tells Billy that they will return the car in time for their trip to California

Billy falls asleep in the car

Duchess knocks Emmett out

Woolly tricks Billy into going to the bathroom
8 What does Sister Agnes tell Emmett about Duchess?
How Duchess got his name

How Duchess was born

How Duchess came to the orphanage

That Duchess was violent at the orphanage
9 Why does Emmett feel awkward around Sally?
They were formerly involved romantically

He feels awkward that her father owns his house

He blames her father for his father's death

They grew up together
10 What was the name of Salina’s ex-warden?
Snyder

Ackerly

Williams

Hardy
11 What is Woolly’s main reason for leaving Salina?
He cannot stand the monotony of routine life.

He missed his mother.

He missed his sister.

He hated the food.
12 How much money does Emmett’s father leave for him?
1,000 dollars

Nothing

3,000 dollars

30,000 dollars
13 How much money does Woolly claim is in his trust fund?
150,000 dollars

1,500,000 dollars

He does not know exactly

300,000 dollars
14 Which famous historical figure did Woolly’s grandfather admire?
Napoleon

Ulysses S. Grant

Theodore Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln
15 What famous historical speech did Woolly recite at his family’s celebration when he was ten?
Patrick Henry's speech for independence

The Gettysburg Address

George Washington's Inaugural Address

FDR's Inaugural 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?
Sal's

Leonello’s

Horatio's

Ricardo’s
18 What is the combination to the safe that Woolly’s great-grandfather’s kept?
The Fourth of July

The end of the American Civil War

George Washington’s birthday

The date of the Gettysburg Address
19 What holiday does Emmett and Billy’s mother enjoy most?
Christmas

Thanksgiving

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?
50,000 dollars

100,000 dollars

3,000 dollars

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

By stealing the warden’s car

By hitchhiking

A train
22 What does Woolly like to listen to on the radio?
Pop songs

News reports

Advertisements and commercials

Radio shows
23 How does Emmett find food on the train?
He pretends to be a paying customer

He finds a private car with leftover food

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?
500 dollars

5 dollars

10 dollars

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

Kleptomania

Sleeping

Drugs

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