Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Big Meadow

Oblivion
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?
19th century

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

By the chimney

In his kitchen

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

His dad

Thin Amren

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

Albert Einstein

Carlo Rovelli

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

Curse

A sweet syrup

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Nests

Eggs

Marbles

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

Woof

Cuckoo

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?
Romance

Mystery

Science Fiction

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

The bog

Mirror

Door
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
Thin Amren

A pony

The cart

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

Irish

Ancient Greek

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

The dobber

His pony

The stone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants
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

English

Latin

Gaelic
19 What is a "copse"?
A bog

A house

A lazy eye

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

Ireland

Alan Garner's childhood home

London
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Elves that live in tree trunks

Hobbits

Trolls that live underground

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

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub

Jolly jokes
23 What image is on the stone?
Thin Amren

A cuckoo

Kit

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

A leather hood

Pants

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

The Booker Prize

The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

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Treacle Walker

by Alan Garner

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