Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Big Meadow

Nothingness

Oblivion
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?
2010

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

19th century
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?
Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

The optometrist

His dad
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Alan Garner

Carlo Rovelli

Treacle Walker

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

Nests

Eggs

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

Clang

Cuckoo

Clack
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
Nothing

An eye patch

Glasses

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

Science Fiction

Folklore

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?
A pony

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

The cart
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

His pony

The dobber

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants

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

A flute made out of a bone

His stick to tap out beats

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

English

Latin

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

A bog

A small group of trees

A house
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Ireland

London

Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Fairies that live in hollow hills

Hobbits

Trolls that live underground

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

Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
Kit

A donkey

Thin Amren

A cuckoo
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A leather shirt

Pants

A necklace with bones

A leather hood
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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