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 Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Amren
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
2010

The 1990s

19th century

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

By the chimney

By the bog

On the steps
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?
His dad

Thin Amren

The optometrist

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

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Albert Einstein

Carlo Rovelli
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Medicine

A sweet syrup

Curse

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Nests

Eggs

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

Woof

Cuckoo

Clang
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?
Folklore

Romance

Mystery

Science Fiction
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

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Thin Amren

A pony
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Ancient Greek

Latin

Scottish

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

The bone

The dobber

The stone
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?
A pipe

His stick to tap out beats

A flute made out of a bone

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

Gaelic

Latin

Scottish
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...?
Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths

Ireland

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

Trolls that live underground

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Hobbits
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

Kit

A cuckoo

Thin Amren
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A leather hood

Pants

A necklace with bones

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

The National Book Award

The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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