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 Walker

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

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

2010

19th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

On the steps

By the bog

In his kitchen

By the chimney
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?

His dad

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Thin Amren

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

Carlo Rovelli

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Alan Garner

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

A sweet syrup

Curse

Medicine

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Eggs

Twigs

Marbles

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

Clack

Clang

Woof

Cuckoo
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?

Nothing

Glasses

His hair

An eye patch
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

Mirror

The bog

Chimney
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

The cart

Thin Amren

A pony

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14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Scottish

Irish

Ancient Greek

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

The dobber

The stone

The bone

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

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

A flute made out of a bone

A pipe

Stones as drums

His stick to tap out beats
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?

Gaelic

English

Scottish

Latin
19 What is a "copse"?

A bog

A lazy eye

A house

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

Magical lands from myths

London

Alan Garner's childhood home

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

Elves that live in tree trunks

Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub

Macaronics

Jolly jokes
23 What image is on the stone?

A donkey

A cuckoo

Thin Amren

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

A leather shirt

A leather hood

A necklace with bones

Pants
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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