Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Oblivion

Nothingness

Big Meadow
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Coppock

Joseph Amren

Joseph Walker

Joseph Stonehenge
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
2010

The 1990s

Mid-20th century

19th century
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?
His dad

The optometrist

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Carlo Rovelli

Albert Einstein

Treacle Walker

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

Magic

A sweet syrup

Curse
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Eggs

Twigs

Nests

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

Cuckoo

Clang

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

An eye patch

Nothing

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

Mystery

Science Fiction

Folklore
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

Thin Amren

The cart

A pony
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Latin

Irish

Scottish

Ancient Greek
15 What object does Treacle Walker say is "spurned by fools" but "honoured by the wise"?
The stone

The bone

His pony

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

Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums

A flute made out of a bone

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

English

Latin

Scottish
19 What is a "copse"?
A bog

A lazy eye

A house

A small group of trees
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?
Hobbits

Trolls that live underground

Elves that live in tree trunks

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

Thin Amren

Kit

A donkey
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 National Book Award

The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart Prize

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by Alan Garner

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