Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Oblivion

Nothingness

The Present

Big Meadow
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock

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

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

19th century

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

By the bog

By the chimney

On the steps

In his kitchen
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?

His dad

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

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?

Curse

Medicine

Magic

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

Eggs

Marbles

Nests

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

Clack

Cuckoo

Woof

Clang
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?

An eye patch

Nothing

Glasses

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

Folklore

Mystery

Science Fiction

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

Door

The bog

Chimney

Mirror
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

Thin Amren

The cart

Treacle Walker

A pony
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Scottish

Latin

Ancient Greek

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

The dobber

The stone

His pony

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?

Stones as drums

A flute made out of a bone

His stick to tap out beats

A pipe
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?

Scottish

Latin

Gaelic

English
19 What is a "copse"?

A house

A small group of trees

A bog

A lazy eye
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?

Magical lands from myths

Alan Garner's childhood home

London

Ireland
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?

Macaronics

Jolly jokes

Hubbub

Crimpet-crumpets
23 What image is on the stone?

Thin Amren

Kit

A donkey

A cuckoo
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

A leather hood

A necklace with bones

Pants

A leather shirt
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

The Pulitzer Prize

The Booker Prize

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by Alan Garner

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