Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Oblivion

Nothingness

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

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Amren

Joseph Walker
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?
By the bog

By the chimney

In his kitchen

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

Treacle Walker

His dad

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

Albert Einstein

Alan Garner

Carlo Rovelli
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
A sweet syrup

Curse

Medicine

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Nests

Marbles

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

Clang

Cuckoo

Woof
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
His hair

Glasses

An eye patch

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

Science Fiction

Folklore

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

Mirror

Door

The bog
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?
The cart

A pony

Thin Amren

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

Ancient Greek

Irish

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

The bone

The stone

His pony
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
Stones as drums

A pipe

His stick to tap out beats

A flute made out of a bone
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
Scottish

Latin

Gaelic

English
19 What is a "copse"?
A small group of trees

A house

A lazy eye

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

Alan Garner's childhood home

Ireland

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

Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills

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

Jolly jokes

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

A donkey

Kit

Thin Amren
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 Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Award

The Booker Prize

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by Alan Garner

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