Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

Big Meadow

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

Joseph Walker

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
The 1990s

Mid-20th century

19th century

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the chimney

By the bog

In his kitchen

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

His dad

Treacle Walker

The optometrist
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Carlo Rovelli

Treacle Walker

Alan Garner

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

Curse

A sweet syrup

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Marbles

Eggs

Nests
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

Nothing

Glasses

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

Folklore

Mystery

Science Fiction
12 What object serves as a passage between realities for Joe?
Chimney

Door

The bog

Mirror
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
Thin Amren

A pony

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The cart
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Scottish

Latin

Irish

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

The stone

His pony

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
A flute made out of a bone

His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums

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 house

A small group of trees

A lazy eye
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
London

Magical lands from myths

Alan Garner's childhood home

Ireland
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Elves that live in tree trunks

Trolls that live underground

Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Hubbub

Jolly jokes

Macaronics

Crimpet-crumpets
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

Thin Amren

A donkey

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
Pants

A leather shirt

A leather hood

A necklace with bones
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The National Book Award

The Pushcart Prize

The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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