The Lincoln Highway Quizzes

The Lincoln Highway Quiz 1

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1 How did Duchess and Woolly get to Emmett’s home?

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

They came on foot.

They ended up there by accident.

They hitch-hiked across the country.
2 Where does Duchess request they make a stop on their way to Omaha?

A theater where his father worked

The home for wayward boys where he stayed briefly

A grocery store for supplies

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

Strawberry preserves

Money

Candy

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

Billy

Sally

Mr. Ransom

Emmett's home
5 What does Sister Agnes gift to Billy?

A loaf of bread and jam

A St. Christopher’s medal

A copy of the Bible

New clothes for the trip
6 What does a St. Christopher’s medal symbolize?

Protection against evil

Goodwill

Blessings and good fortune for orphans

He is the patron saint of travelers
7 How do Duchess and Woolly manage to steal Emmett’s car?

Billy falls asleep in the car

Duchess knocks Emmett out

Woolly tricks Billy into going to the bathroom

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 got his name

That Duchess was violent at the orphanage

How Duchess came to 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 were formerly involved romantically

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

Snyder

Ackerly

Hardy

Williams
11 What is Woolly’s main reason for leaving Salina?

He missed his mother.

He hated the food.

He missed his sister.

He cannot stand the monotony of routine life.
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?

He does not know exactly

300,000 dollars

1,500,000 dollars

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

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

Ulysses S. Grant

Napoleon
15 What famous historical speech did Woolly recite at his family’s celebration when he was ten?

The Gettysburg Address

Patrick Henry's speech for independence

George Washington's Inaugural Address

FDR's Inaugural Address
16 At a statue of which historical figure does Duchess find Woolly?

Abraham Lincoln

George Washington

Napoleon

Mark Antony
17 What is the name of the restaurant that Duchess describes to Woolly?

Ricardo’s

Horatio's

Sal's

Leonello’s
18 What is the combination to the safe that Woolly’s great-grandfather’s kept?

George Washington’s birthday

The date of the Gettysburg Address

The end of the American Civil War

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

The Fourth of July

Christmas

Thanksgiving

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

20,000 dollars

100,000 dollars

50,000 dollars
21 How was Duchess originally planning to get to New York?

By stealing the warden’s car

The Greyhound

By hitchhiking

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

Advertisements and commercials

Pop songs

Radio shows

News reports
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?

5 dollars

500 dollars

10 dollars

50 dollars
25 What does Woolly have a problem with?

Sleeping

Drugs

Kleptomania

Alcohol

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