Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Oblivion

Big Meadow

The Present

Nothingness
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Amren

Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock

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

Mid-20th century

2010

The 1990s

19th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

In his kitchen

By the bog

On the steps

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

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

The optometrist

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

Carlo Rovelli

Alan Garner

Treacle Walker

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

A sweet syrup

Curse

Medicine

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Nests

Marbles

Eggs

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

Cuckoo

Clang

Woof

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

An eye patch

His hair

Glasses

Nothing
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?

Science Fiction

Romance

Mystery

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

Mirror

Door

The bog

Chimney
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

A pony

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

The cart
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"?

The bone

The stone

The dobber

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When he wants to go to Joe's house
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?

A pipe

Stones as drums

His stick to tap out beats

A flute made out of a bone
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?

Gaelic

Scottish

Latin

English
19 What is a "copse"?

A lazy eye

A bog

A house

A small group of trees
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?

Alan Garner's childhood home

London

Ireland

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

Trolls that live underground

Elves that live in tree trunks

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Hobbits
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?

Jolly jokes

Hubbub

Crimpet-crumpets

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?

Thin Amren

A donkey

A cuckoo

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

A leather hood

A leather shirt

Pants

A necklace with bones
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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