Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Oblivion

Nothingness
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Walker

Joseph Stonehenge

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

In his kitchen

On the steps

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?
Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli

Alan Garner

Albert Einstein
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Medicine

Magic

A sweet syrup

Curse
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Marbles

Nests

Twigs

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

Clang

Clack

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

Nothing

Glasses

His hair
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Mystery

Folklore

Romance

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

Door

The bog

Mirror
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
The cart

A pony

Thin Amren

Treacle Walker
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

The stone

His pony

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

When the cuckoo calls

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

A flute made out of a bone

Stones as drums

A pipe
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
Scottish

Gaelic

Latin

English
19 What is a "copse"?
A house

A bog

A small group of trees

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

London

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?
Elves that live in tree trunks

Hobbits

Trolls that live underground

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

Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

A donkey

Kit

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

Pants

A leather shirt

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

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

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by Alan Garner

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