Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

Oblivion

The Present
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Walker

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock

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

19th century

2010

The 1990s
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
On the steps

By the chimney

In his kitchen

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

The optometrist

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Thin Amren
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Alan Garner

Albert Einstein

Carlo Rovelli

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

A sweet syrup

Medicine

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Eggs

Twigs

Marbles

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

Cuckoo

Woof

Clang
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
An eye patch

Glasses

His hair

Nothing
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?
Mystery

Romance

Science Fiction

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

The cart

Thin Amren

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14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Latin

Ancient Greek

Scottish

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

The dobber

The stone

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants

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

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?
Scottish

Latin

English

Gaelic
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

Magical lands from myths

London

Ireland
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks

Fairies that live in hollow hills

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

Jolly jokes

Crimpet-crumpets

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?
A donkey

Thin Amren

Kit

A cuckoo
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A leather shirt

Pants

A leather hood

A necklace with bones
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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by Alan Garner

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