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?
A gas station to get some snacks

The home for wayward boys where he stayed briefly

A theater where his father worked

A grocery store for supplies
3 What does Duchess give out at the orphanage?
Strawberry preserves

Spare clothes

Money

Candy
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

New clothes for the trip

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

Blessings and good fortune for orphans

Protection against evil

Goodwill
7 How do Duchess and Woolly manage to steal Emmett’s car?
Duchess knocks Emmett out

Duchess tells Billy that they will return the car in time for their trip to California

Woolly tricks Billy into going to the bathroom

Billy falls asleep in the car
8 What does Sister Agnes tell Emmett about Duchess?
How Duchess was born

That Duchess was violent at the orphanage

How Duchess got his name

How Duchess came to the orphanage
9 Why does Emmett feel awkward around Sally?
He blames her father for his father's death

He feels awkward that her father owns his house

They grew up together

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

Hardy

Snyder

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?
300,000 dollars

He does not know exactly

150,000 dollars

1,500,000 dollars
14 Which famous historical figure did Woolly’s grandfather admire?
Theodore Roosevelt

Ulysses S. Grant

Abraham Lincoln

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

FDR's Inaugural Address

George Washington's Inaugural Address

Patrick Henry's speech for independence
16 At a statue of which historical figure does Duchess find Woolly?
Mark Antony

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

Napoleon
17 What is the name of the restaurant that Duchess describes to Woolly?
Sal's

Ricardo’s

Leonello’s

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

George Washington’s birthday

The end of the American Civil War

The date of the Gettysburg Address
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?
100,000 dollars

20,000 dollars

50,000 dollars

3,000 dollars
21 How was Duchess originally planning to get to New York?
The Greyhound

A train

By stealing the warden’s car

By hitchhiking
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 steals from the kitchen car

He does not manage to find anything to eat

He pretends to be a paying customer
24 How much does Emmett get tipped by the hungover passengers in the private car?
10 dollars

500 dollars

50 dollars

5 dollars
25 What does Woolly have a problem with?
Sleeping

Drugs

Alcohol

Kleptomania

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