Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Big Meadow

Nothingness

The Present

Oblivion
2 What is Joe's full name?

Joseph Amren

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Walker

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

2010

Mid-20th century

The 1990s

19th century
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

On the steps

By the chimney

By the bog

In his kitchen
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?

Thin Amren

The optometrist

Treacle Walker

His dad
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?

A sweet syrup

Curse

Medicine

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Eggs

Nests

Twigs

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

Woof

Clack

Cuckoo

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

Glasses

Nothing

An eye patch

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

Science Fiction

Folklore

Romance

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

Chimney

The bog

Mirror

Door
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

A pony

Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

The cart
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Irish

Scottish

Ancient Greek

Latin
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?

When the cuckoo calls

Whenever he wants

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?

His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums

A pipe

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

Gaelic

Latin

Scottish

English
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...?

London

Alan Garner's childhood home

Magical lands from myths

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?

Macaronics

Crimpet-crumpets

Hubbub

Jolly jokes
23 What image is on the stone?

Kit

A cuckoo

Thin Amren

A donkey
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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