The Lincoln Highway Quizzes

The Lincoln Highway Quiz 1

1 How did Duchess and Woolly get to Emmett’s home?
They stowed away in the back of the warden’s car.

They ended up there by accident.

They came on foot.

They hitch-hiked across the country.
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?
Money

Spare clothes

Candy

Strawberry preserves
4 Where did Duchess get the strawberry preserves to hand out?
Sally

Billy

Emmett's home

Mr. Ransom
5 What does Sister Agnes gift to Billy?
A copy of the Bible

A St. Christopher’s medal

New clothes for the trip

A loaf of bread and jam
6 What does a St. Christopher’s medal symbolize?
Goodwill

Blessings and good fortune for orphans

Protection against evil

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

Duchess knocks Emmett out

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

Billy falls asleep in the car
8 What does Sister Agnes tell Emmett about Duchess?
That Duchess was violent at the orphanage

How Duchess was born

How Duchess got his name

How Duchess came to the orphanage
9 Why does Emmett feel awkward around Sally?
He feels awkward that her father owns his house

They were formerly involved romantically

They grew up together

He blames her father for his father's death
10 What was the name of Salina’s ex-warden?
Snyder

Williams

Ackerly

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

He missed his mother.

He cannot stand the monotony of routine life.

He missed his sister.
12 How much money does Emmett’s father leave for him?
Nothing

1,000 dollars

3,000 dollars

30,000 dollars
13 How much money does Woolly claim is in his trust fund?
1,500,000 dollars

150,000 dollars

He does not know exactly

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

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

Ulysses S. Grant
15 What famous historical speech did Woolly recite at his family’s celebration when he was ten?
George Washington's Inaugural Address

The Gettysburg Address

FDR's Inaugural Address

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

Abraham Lincoln

Napoleon

George Washington
17 What is the name of the restaurant that Duchess describes to Woolly?
Horatio's

Ricardo’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 end of the American Civil War

The date of the Gettysburg Address

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

Christmas

Valentine's Day

Thanksgiving
20 How much money do each of the three boys end up with at the end of the novel?
100,000 dollars

3,000 dollars

20,000 dollars

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

By stealing the warden’s car

The Greyhound

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

Advertisements and commercials

Pop songs

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

He steals from the kitchen car

He pretends to be a paying customer

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?
Alcohol

Kleptomania

Drugs

Sleeping

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