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 Walker

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock

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

19th century

The 1990s

2010

Mid-20th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

On the steps

In his kitchen

By the chimney

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?

Albert Einstein

Alan Garner

Carlo Rovelli

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7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?

A sweet syrup

Medicine

Curse

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Nests

Eggs

Twigs

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

Woof

Cuckoo

Clack

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

His hair

Nothing

Glasses

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?

Chimney

Door

Mirror

The bog
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

The cart

A pony

Thin Amren

Treacle Walker
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Scottish

Latin

Irish

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

The bone

His pony

The stone

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?

Stones as drums

A flute made out of a bone

A pipe

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

Latin

Scottish

Gaelic

English
19 What is a "copse"?

A house

A lazy eye

A small group of trees

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

Ireland

Magical lands from myths

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

Fairies that live in hollow hills

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

Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes

Macaronics

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?

Kit

A cuckoo

Thin Amren

A donkey
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 Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

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by Alan Garner

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