Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Big Meadow

Oblivion

The Present
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Coppock

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Amren

Joseph Walker
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
2010

The 1990s

Mid-20th century

19th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the bog

In his kitchen

By the chimney

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

The optometrist

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli

Albert Einstein

Alan Garner
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
A sweet syrup

Curse

Medicine

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Eggs

Twigs

Nests

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

Woof

Clang

Cuckoo
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?
Mystery

Romance

Folklore

Science Fiction
12 What object serves as a passage between realities for Joe?
Chimney

Door

Mirror

The bog
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
A pony

Thin Amren

The cart

Treacle Walker
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Scottish

Ancient Greek

Latin

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

The bone

The dobber

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he wants to go to Joe's house

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call
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?
Scottish

Gaelic

Latin

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...?
London

Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths

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

Trolls that live underground

Elves that live in tree trunks

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

Macaronics

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

A donkey

Kit

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

Pants

A leather shirt

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

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

The Booker Prize

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by Alan Garner

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