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 Walker

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Amren

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

Mid-20th century

19th century

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

By the bog

By the chimney

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

Thin Amren

The optometrist

Treacle Walker
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?
A sweet syrup

Magic

Curse

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Marbles

Twigs

Nests

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

Woof

Cuckoo

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

His hair

Nothing

An eye patch
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Romance

Mystery

Folklore

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

Chimney

Mirror

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

Treacle Walker

A pony

The cart
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Ancient Greek

Scottish

Irish

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

His pony

The stone

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums

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?
Latin

Scottish

Gaelic

English
19 What is a "copse"?
A house

A small group of trees

A lazy eye

A bog
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Ireland

London

Magical lands from myths

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

Trolls that live underground

Elves that live in tree trunks

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

Crimpet-crumpets

Macaronics

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
A donkey

A cuckoo

Thin Amren

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
Pants

A necklace with bones

A leather shirt

A leather hood
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The Booker Prize

The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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