Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

Oblivion

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

Joseph Walker

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
19th century

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

By the chimney

By the bog

In his kitchen
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?
Treacle Walker

His dad

The optometrist

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

Alan Garner

Treacle Walker

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

Curse

Medicine

A sweet syrup
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Marbles

Eggs

Nests

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

Clack

Woof

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

His hair

Nothing

Glasses
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Mystery

Romance

Science Fiction

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

Mirror

Door

Chimney
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
Thin Amren

The cart

A pony

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

Latin

Ancient Greek

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

The dobber

The bone

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

When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house

Whenever he wants
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
Stones as drums

His stick to tap out beats

A pipe

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

Latin

Gaelic

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

A bog

A house

A lazy eye
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Magical lands from myths

Alan Garner's childhood home

London

Ireland
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Trolls that live underground

Elves that live in tree trunks

Fairies that live in hollow hills

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

Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
A donkey

Thin Amren

Kit

A cuckoo
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A necklace with bones

Pants

A leather hood

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

The Booker Prize

The National Book Award

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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