Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Oblivion

Big Meadow
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Walker

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Amren
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
The 1990s

Mid-20th century

19th century

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

By the chimney

In his kitchen

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

His dad

The optometrist

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6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Alan Garner

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Carlo Rovelli

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

Curse

Magic

A sweet syrup
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Nests

Marbles

Eggs

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

Clang

Clack

Woof
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
His hair

An eye patch

Nothing

Glasses
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Romance

Mystery

Science Fiction

Folklore
12 What object serves as a passage between realities for Joe?
The bog

Chimney

Mirror

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

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A pony

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Irish

Scottish

Ancient Greek

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

The bone

His pony

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants

When he wants to go to Joe's house
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums

A pipe

A flute made out of a bone
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
Latin

Scottish

Gaelic

English
19 What is a "copse"?
A bog

A lazy eye

A small group of trees

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

Alan Garner's childhood home

London

Magical lands from myths
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Elves that live in tree trunks

Trolls that live underground

Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Jolly jokes

Macaronics

Hubbub

Crimpet-crumpets
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

A donkey

Kit

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

A necklace with bones

Pants

A leather hood
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

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by Alan Garner

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