Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Oblivion

The Present

Big Meadow
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

Mid-20th century

19th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the bog

By the chimney

In his kitchen

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

The optometrist

His dad

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?
Curse

Magic

A sweet syrup

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Eggs

Nests

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

Cuckoo

Clang

Woof
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
An eye patch

His hair

Glasses

Nothing
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Folklore

Science Fiction

Mystery

Romance
12 What object serves as a passage between realities for Joe?
Mirror

Chimney

The bog

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

Thin Amren

A pony

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

Ancient Greek

Latin

Irish
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 wants to go to Joe's house

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call
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?
Latin

Scottish

English

Gaelic
19 What is a "copse"?
A small group of trees

A lazy eye

A bog

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

Magical lands from myths

Ireland

Alan Garner's childhood home
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Fairies that live in hollow hills

Elves that live in tree trunks

Trolls that live underground

Hobbits
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Macaronics

Jolly jokes

Hubbub

Crimpet-crumpets
23 What image is on the stone?
A donkey

Thin Amren

A cuckoo

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
Pants

A leather hood

A necklace with bones

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

The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

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by Alan Garner

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