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 Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock

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

The 1990s

2010

19th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the chimney

On the steps

By the bog

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

Treacle Walker

The optometrist

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?
Curse

Medicine

Magic

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

Nests

Eggs

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

Cuckoo

Clack

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

His hair

An eye patch

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

Romance

Mystery

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

Chimney

The bog

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

A pony

The cart

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Irish

Latin

Ancient Greek

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

The stone

His pony

The bone
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?
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?
English

Gaelic

Scottish

Latin
19 What is a "copse"?
A bog

A small group of trees

A house

A lazy eye
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
London

Ireland

Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks

Trolls that live underground

Fairies that live in hollow hills
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Macaronics

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub

Jolly jokes
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

A donkey

Thin Amren

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A leather shirt

A necklace with bones

A leather hood

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

The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

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Treacle Walker

by Alan Garner

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