Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Big Meadow

Oblivion

Nothingness

The Present
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Walker

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

The 1990s

Mid-20th century

19th century

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

In his kitchen

On the steps

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?

Carlo Rovelli

Albert Einstein

Treacle Walker

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

Magic

Medicine

Curse

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?

Clang

Cuckoo

Woof

Clack
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

Science Fiction

Romance

Folklore
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

Thin Amren

The cart

Treacle Walker
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Ancient Greek

Irish

Scottish

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

The stone

His pony

The bone

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When he wants to go to Joe's house

Whenever he wants
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?

His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums

A flute made out of a bone

A pipe
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 small group of trees

A house

A bog

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

London

Magical lands from myths

Ireland

Alan Garner's childhood home
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?

Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground

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

Macaronics

Hubbub

Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes
23 What image is on the stone?

A donkey

A cuckoo

Kit

Thin Amren
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

A leather shirt

A necklace with bones

A leather hood

Pants
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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