Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

Big Meadow

Oblivion

The Present
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Amren

Joseph Stonehenge

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

19th century

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

2010
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

Treacle Walker

The optometrist

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

Carlo Rovelli

Treacle Walker

Albert Einstein

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

Medicine

Magic

Curse

A sweet syrup
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Nests

Marbles

Twigs

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

Woof

Clang

Cuckoo

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?

Romance

Mystery

Science Fiction

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

The bog

Chimney

Door

Mirror
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

A pony

Thin Amren

Treacle Walker

The cart
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Irish

Ancient Greek

Latin

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

The bone

His pony

The stone

The dobber
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants

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

Stones as drums

A flute made out of a bone

A pipe

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 bog

A small group of trees

A house

A lazy eye
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?

Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground

Elves that live in tree trunks
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?

Jolly jokes

Hubbub

Crimpet-crumpets

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?

Kit

A donkey

Thin Amren

A cuckoo
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

A leather hood

A leather shirt

A necklace with bones

Pants
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

The Booker Prize

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by Alan Garner

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