Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Oblivion

Nothingness

Big Meadow

The Present
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Walker

Joseph Amren

Joseph Stonehenge
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?

Mid-20th century

19th century

The 1990s

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

On the steps

By the bog

In his kitchen

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

The optometrist

Thin Amren

His dad

Treacle Walker
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?

Alan Garner

Albert Einstein

Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?

A sweet syrup

Curse

Magic

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Nests

Eggs

Twigs

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

Clang

Clack

Cuckoo

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

Glasses

Nothing

An eye patch

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

Folklore

Romance

Science Fiction

Mystery
12 What object serves as a passage between realities for Joe?

Door

Chimney

Mirror

The bog
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

Treacle Walker

A pony

The cart

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Ancient Greek

Irish

Scottish

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

His pony

The dobber

The stone

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house

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

A flute made out of a bone

A pipe

Stones as drums

His stick to tap out beats
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?

Latin

English

Scottish

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...?

Magical lands from myths

Ireland

London

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

Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks

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

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub

Jolly jokes

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?

A cuckoo

Kit

A donkey

Thin Amren
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 Pulitzer Prize

The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

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by Alan Garner

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