Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

The Present

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

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Walker
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
19th century

Mid-20th century

2010

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

In his kitchen

On the steps

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

The optometrist

Thin Amren

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

Albert Einstein

Carlo Rovelli

Treacle Walker
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Medicine

Curse

A sweet syrup

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Eggs

Nests

Marbles

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

Cuckoo

Woof

Clack
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
Glasses

Nothing

His hair

An eye patch
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Mystery

Folklore

Science Fiction

Romance
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

Treacle Walker

The cart

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

Scottish

Latin

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

The dobber

The bone

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When the cuckoo calls
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
A flute made out of a bone

Stones as drums

A pipe

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

English

Scottish

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

A bog

A house

A small group of trees
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths

Ireland

London
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 donkey

Kit

A cuckoo

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

Pants

A necklace with bones

A leather shirt
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The National Book Award

The Pulitzer Prize

The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

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by Alan Garner

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