Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Oblivion

Big Meadow

Nothingness
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Amren

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock
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?

In his kitchen

On the steps

By the bog

By the chimney
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?

A sweet syrup

Medicine

Curse

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Twigs

Nests

Marbles

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

Clang

Woof

Clack

Cuckoo
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?

Glasses

An eye patch

His hair

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

Door

The bog

Mirror
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

A pony

The cart

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Latin

Ancient Greek

Scottish

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

The stone

The bone

The dobber

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house

Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?

A pipe

A flute made out of a bone

His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums
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...?

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?

Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground
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

A cuckoo

Thin Amren

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

A leather shirt

Pants

A necklace with bones

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

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

The Booker Prize

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by Alan Garner

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