Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

Nothingness

The Present

Big Meadow
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Amren

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Walker
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
2010

19th century

The 1990s

Mid-20th 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?
His dad

The optometrist

Thin Amren

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

Alan Garner

Albert Einstein

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

Medicine

A sweet syrup

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Twigs

Eggs

Nests

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

Clack

Cuckoo

Woof
10 What does Joe use to cover his lazy eye?
An eye patch

Glasses

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?
Chimney

Door

The bog

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

Treacle Walker

A pony

Thin Amren
14 What language does Treacle Walker NOT use?
Ancient Greek

Irish

Scottish

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

The bone

The dobber

The stone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
Whenever he wants

When the cuckoo calls

When he hears Treacle Walker's call

When he wants to go to Joe's house
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?
Latin

Scottish

Gaelic

English
19 What is a "copse"?
A lazy eye

A bog

A small group of trees

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

Alan Garner's childhood home

Ireland

London
21 Treacle Walker states that he lives in a mound; what fairytale elements does this recall?
Hobbits

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Elves that live in tree trunks

Trolls that live underground
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Crimpet-crumpets

Jolly jokes

Hubbub

Macaronics
23 What image is on the stone?
Thin Amren

A cuckoo

A donkey

Kit
24 What does Thin Amren wear?
A leather hood

A necklace with bones

A leather shirt

Pants
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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