Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Big Meadow

The Present

Nothingness
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Coppock

Joseph Walker

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Amren
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
The 1990s

2010

19th century

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

In his kitchen

On the steps

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

The optometrist

His dad

Thin Amren
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Albert Einstein

Alan Garner

Carlo Rovelli

Treacle Walker
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Magic

Medicine

A sweet syrup

Curse
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Marbles

Eggs

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

Clang

Woof

Clack
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?
Science Fiction

Mystery

Romance

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

Chimney

Mirror

Door
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
The cart

Treacle Walker

A pony

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Irish

Ancient Greek

Scottish

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

His pony

The bone

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

When he wants to go to Joe's house

Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls
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 house

A bog

A small group of trees

A lazy eye
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?
Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground

Hobbits

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

Jolly jokes

Macaronics

Crimpet-crumpets
23 What image is on the stone?
Kit

A cuckoo

A donkey

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 Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

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by Alan Garner

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