Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

1 Where does Treacle Walker say he will go when he leaves time behind?
Big Meadow

The Present

Oblivion

Nothingness
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Amren

Joseph Stonehenge
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
Mid-20th century

The 1990s

2010

19th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

By the bog

In his kitchen

By the chimney
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?
Treacle Walker

The optometrist

His dad

Thin Amren
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli

Alan Garner

Albert Einstein
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Curse

Magic

A sweet syrup

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Marbles

Nests

Eggs
9 What onomatopoeia is repeated during the novel's climax?
Clang

Cuckoo

Clack

Woof
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
An eye patch

Glasses

Nothing

His hair
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Romance

Folklore

Science Fiction

Mystery
12 What object serves as a passage between realities for Joe?
Door

Mirror

Chimney

The bog
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
Thin Amren

The cart

Treacle Walker

A pony
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Latin

Scottish

Irish

Ancient Greek
15 What object does Treacle Walker say is "spurned by fools" but "honoured by the wise"?
The bone

The dobber

His pony

The stone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
A pipe

A flute made out of a bone

Stones as drums

His stick to tap out beats
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
Gaelic

Scottish

English

Latin
19 What is a "copse"?
A lazy eye

A house

A small group of trees

A bog
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
London

Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths

Ireland
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground

Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Macaronics

Jolly jokes

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
A donkey

Kit

A cuckoo

Thin Amren
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A leather shirt

A leather hood

Pants

A necklace with bones
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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