Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Big Meadow

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

Joseph Amren

Joseph Walker

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

The 1990s

19th century

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the chimney

On the steps

In his kitchen

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

Treacle Walker

His dad

The optometrist
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Albert Einstein

Alan Garner

Treacle Walker

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

Magic

A sweet syrup

Medicine
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Nests

Marbles

Twigs

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

Clack

Woof

Cuckoo
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

Science Fiction

Romance

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

Mirror

Chimney

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

The cart

A pony

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Ancient Greek

Latin

Scottish

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

His pony

The stone

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When he wants to go to Joe's house

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

English

Latin
19 What is a "copse"?
A small group of trees

A lazy eye

A house

A bog
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Magical lands from myths

Alan Garner's childhood home

Ireland

London
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Fairies that live in hollow hills

Elves that live in tree trunks

Hobbits

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

Macaronics

Jolly jokes

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
Kit

A cuckoo

A donkey

Thin Amren
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
Pants

A leather shirt

A necklace with bones

A leather hood
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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