Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Big Meadow

The Present

Nothingness
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?
19th century

The 1990s

Mid-20th century

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
By the chimney

In his kitchen

On the steps

By the bog
5 Who does Joe go see when he thinks there is something wrong with his eyes?
Treacle Walker

Thin Amren

His dad

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

Treacle Walker

Albert Einstein

Carlo Rovelli
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Medicine

Magic

A sweet syrup

Curse
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Eggs

Marbles

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

Cuckoo

Clang

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

An eye patch

Glasses

Nothing
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?
Mirror

Door

The bog

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

A pony

Treacle Walker

The cart
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 stone

His pony

The dobber

The bone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When he wants to go to Joe's house

Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls

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

His stick to tap out beats

Stones as drums

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 house

A bog

A small group of trees

A lazy eye
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Magical lands from myths

London

Alan Garner's childhood home

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

Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks

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

Hubbub

Jolly jokes

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

Kit

A cuckoo

Thin Amren
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
Pants

A necklace with bones

A leather shirt

A leather hood
25 What prize was Treacle Walker longlisted for?
The Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Award

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Treacle Walker

by Alan Garner

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