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 Amren

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock
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

By the chimney

By the bog

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

The optometrist

Thin Amren

His dad
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Albert Einstein

Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli

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

A sweet syrup

Medicine

Curse
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Nests

Eggs

Marbles

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

Woof

Clang

Clack
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?
Romance

Science Fiction

Mystery

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

The bog

Chimney

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

Thin Amren

The cart

A pony
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Ancient Greek

Irish

Latin

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

The bone

The stone

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house
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

Gaelic

Scottish

English
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...?
London

Magical lands from myths

Alan Garner's childhood home

Ireland
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

Jolly jokes

Hubbub

Crimpet-crumpets
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

Kit

A donkey

Thin Amren
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
Pants

A necklace with bones

A leather shirt

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

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The Booker Prize

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Treacle Walker

by Alan Garner

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