Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

Oblivion

Big Meadow

The Present
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock

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

2010

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

19th century
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

Thin Amren

Treacle Walker

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

Alan Garner

Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli

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

Curse

Magic

Medicine

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

Nests

Marbles

Twigs

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

Clack

Cuckoo

Clang

Woof
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?

Folklore

Science Fiction

Mystery

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

Door

The bog

Mirror

Chimney
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

A pony

The cart
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Latin

Scottish

Irish

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

His pony

The bone

The stone

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls

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

His stick to tap out beats

A flute made out of a bone

A pipe

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

English

Scottish

Gaelic

Latin
19 What is a "copse"?

A bog

A small group of trees

A house

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

Ireland

Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths

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?

Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes

Hubbub

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?

Thin Amren

A cuckoo

Kit

A donkey
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

Pants

A leather hood

A necklace with bones

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

The National Book Award

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The Booker Prize

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by Alan Garner

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