Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

The Present

Oblivion

Big Meadow
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?

19th century

Mid-20th century

2010

The 1990s
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?

By the bog

By the chimney

On the steps

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

Treacle Walker

His dad

Thin Amren

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

Carlo Rovelli

Albert Einstein

Alan Garner

Treacle Walker
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?

Medicine

A sweet syrup

Magic

Curse
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?

Nests

Twigs

Eggs

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

Clang

Cuckoo

Woof

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

Glasses

An eye patch

His hair

Nothing
11 What other genre does Treacle Walker fit into?

Folklore

Mystery

Romance

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

Door

Chimney

The bog

Mirror
13 Who does Joe meet at the bog?

A pony

Treacle Walker

The cart

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?

Scottish

Ancient Greek

Latin

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

The stone

His pony

The dobber

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?

Whenever he wants

When he wants to go to Joe's house

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When the cuckoo calls
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?

His stick to tap out beats

A pipe

A flute made out of a bone

Stones as drums
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?

Latin

English

Gaelic

Scottish
19 What is a "copse"?

A small group of trees

A house

A bog

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

Ireland

London

Alan Garner's childhood home

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?

Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes

Macaronics

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?

Kit

A donkey

A cuckoo

Thin Amren
24 What does Thin Amren wear?

Pants

A leather hood

A necklace with bones

A leather shirt
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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