Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

Big Meadow

Oblivion
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?
The 1990s

19th century

2010

Mid-20th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

In his kitchen

By the chimney

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

Thin Amren

His dad

The optometrist
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Carlo Rovelli

Treacle Walker

Albert Einstein

Alan Garner
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Curse

A sweet syrup

Magic

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Eggs

Twigs

Marbles

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

Clack

Woof

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

His hair

An eye patch

Nothing
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?
Chimney

Mirror

Door

The bog
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
A pony

Thin Amren

Treacle Walker

The cart
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Latin

Irish

Ancient Greek

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

The stone

The bone

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
A pipe

His stick to tap out beats

A flute made out of a bone

Stones as drums
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
Scottish

English

Gaelic

Latin
19 What is a "copse"?
A lazy eye

A bog

A small group of trees

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

Alan Garner's childhood home

Ireland

London
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Elves that live in tree trunks

Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Hubbub

Jolly jokes

Crimpet-crumpets

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?
Kit

A donkey

Thin Amren

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

A leather hood

Pants

A leather shirt
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The National Book Award

The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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