Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Nothingness

Oblivion

Big Meadow
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

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

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

2010

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?

The optometrist

His dad

Thin Amren

Treacle Walker
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?

Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli

Alan Garner

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

Curse

Medicine

Magic

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

Nests

Eggs

Marbles

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

Clack

Cuckoo

Woof

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

Nothing

Glasses

An eye patch

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

Science Fiction

Romance

Mystery

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

The bog

Mirror

Chimney

Door
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

The cart

A pony

Thin Amren

Treacle Walker
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Irish

Latin

Scottish

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

The stone

The bone

The dobber

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

Whenever he wants

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When the cuckoo calls
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?

Gaelic

Scottish

Latin

English
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...?

London

Magical lands from myths

Ireland

Alan Garner's childhood home
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Trolls that live underground

Hobbits

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

Jolly jokes

Macaronics

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?

A cuckoo

Thin Amren

A donkey

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

A leather shirt

A leather hood

Pants

A necklace with bones
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?

The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

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by Alan Garner

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