Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Oblivion

Big Meadow
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Amren

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Walker
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
Mid-20th century

19th century

2010

The 1990s
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the chimney

By the bog

In his kitchen

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

Treacle Walker

His dad

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

Carlo Rovelli

Alan Garner

Albert Einstein
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
A sweet syrup

Curse

Magic

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Nests

Eggs

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

Clack

Cuckoo

Clang
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
Nothing

An eye patch

His hair

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

Mirror

The bog

Door
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

A pony

The cart
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"?
His pony

The dobber

The stone

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

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants

When he wants to go to Joe's house
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
A pipe

Stones as drums

His stick to tap out beats

A flute made out of a bone
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
Gaelic

English

Latin

Scottish
19 What is a "copse"?
A house

A small group of trees

A bog

A lazy eye
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?
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

Macaronics

Jolly jokes

Crimpet-crumpets
23 What image is on the stone?
Thin Amren

Kit

A donkey

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

A leather shirt

A necklace with bones

Pants
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

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Treacle Walker

by Alan Garner

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