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 came on foot.

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

They ended up there by accident.
2 Where does Duchess request they make a stop on their way to Omaha?
The home for wayward boys where he stayed briefly

A grocery store for supplies

A theater where his father worked

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

Spare clothes

Strawberry preserves

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

Billy

Mr. Ransom

Emmett's home
5 What does Sister Agnes gift to Billy?
A copy of the Bible

New clothes for the trip

A St. Christopher’s medal

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

He is the patron saint of travelers

Blessings and good fortune for orphans

Goodwill
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

Woolly tricks Billy into going to the bathroom

Duchess knocks Emmett out
8 What does Sister Agnes tell Emmett about Duchess?
How Duchess came to the orphanage

That Duchess was violent at the orphanage

How Duchess got his name

How Duchess was born
9 Why does Emmett feel awkward around Sally?
He blames her father for his father's death

They grew up together

He feels awkward that her father owns his house

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

Williams

Snyder

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

He missed his sister.

He hated the food.

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

1,000 dollars

Nothing

3,000 dollars
13 How much money does Woolly claim is in his trust fund?
He does not know exactly

150,000 dollars

300,000 dollars

1,500,000 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?
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

Napoleon

Mark Antony

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

Horatio's

Leonello’s

Ricardo’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?
Valentine's Day

Christmas

Thanksgiving

The Fourth of July
20 How much money do each of the three boys end up with at the end of the novel?
20,000 dollars

3,000 dollars

50,000 dollars

100,000 dollars
21 How was Duchess originally planning to get to New York?
A train

By hitchhiking

The Greyhound

By stealing the warden’s car
22 What does Woolly like to listen to on the radio?
Radio shows

Advertisements and commercials

News reports

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 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?
10 dollars

50 dollars

5 dollars

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

Sleeping

Alcohol

Kleptomania

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