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 Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

Joseph Amren

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

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

In his kitchen

By the bog

By the chimney
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

Alan Garner

Carlo Rovelli

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

Curse

A sweet syrup

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Marbles

Nests

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

Cuckoo

Clang

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

Nothing

An eye patch

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

Romance

Science Fiction

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

Chimney

The bog

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

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

A pony
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Ancient Greek

Scottish

Irish

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

His pony

The bone

The stone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

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?
Latin

Scottish

English

Gaelic
19 What is a "copse"?
A house

A lazy eye

A bog

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

Ireland

Magical lands from myths

London
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Hobbits

Trolls that live underground

Fairies that live in hollow hills

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

Macaronics

Hubbub

Jolly jokes
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

Kit

Thin Amren

A donkey
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A necklace with bones

A leather hood

A leather shirt

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

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

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by Alan Garner

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