Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Big Meadow

The Present

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

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock

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

2010

19th century

The 1990s
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the chimney

In his kitchen

By the bog

On the steps
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?
Thin Amren

His dad

Treacle Walker

The optometrist
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Treacle Walker

Albert Einstein

Alan Garner

Carlo Rovelli
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Magic

A sweet syrup

Curse

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Eggs

Nests

Marbles

Twigs
9 What onomatopoeia is repeated during the novel's climax?
Woof

Clang

Cuckoo

Clack
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?
Science Fiction

Folklore

Mystery

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

Mirror

The bog

Chimney
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
The cart

A pony

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Ancient Greek

Latin

Scottish

Irish
15 What object does Treacle Walker say is "spurned by fools" but "honoured by the wise"?
The dobber

His pony

The stone

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he wants to go to Joe's house

Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
His stick to tap out beats

A pipe

A flute made out of a bone

Stones as drums
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
English

Gaelic

Scottish

Latin
19 What is a "copse"?
A small group of trees

A bog

A lazy eye

A house
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Ireland

London

Magical lands from myths

Alan Garner's childhood home
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Trolls that live underground

Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks

Fairies that live in hollow hills
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub

Macaronics

Jolly jokes
23 What image is on the stone?
Thin Amren

Kit

A donkey

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

A necklace with bones

A leather hood

Pants
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The Pulitzer Prize

The Booker Prize

The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

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Treacle Walker

by Alan Garner

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