Treacle Walker Quizzes

Treacle Walker Quiz 1

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

The Present

Oblivion

Nothingness
2 What is Joe's full name?
Joseph Walker

Joseph Coppock

Joseph Stonehenge

Joseph Amren
3 What time period were the Knockout comics actually published in?
Mid-20th century

19th century

The 1990s

2010
4 Where does Joe usually sleep?
In his kitchen

On the steps

By the chimney

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

Thin Amren

His dad

Treacle Walker
6 Who is the author of the novel's epigraph?
Alan Garner

Treacle Walker

Carlo Rovelli

Albert Einstein
7 What did "treacle" mean in medieval English?
Medicine

A sweet syrup

Curse

Magic
8 What does Joe collect from the cuckoo?
Eggs

Nests

Twigs

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

Cuckoo

Woof

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

An eye patch

Nothing

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

Science Fiction

Mystery

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

Door

The bog

Chimney
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

Irish

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

The dobber

The bone

The stone
16 When does Thin Amren wake?
When the cuckoo calls

When he wants to go to Joe's house

Whenever he wants

When he hears Treacle Walker's call
17 What does Treacle Walker use as an instrument?
A flute made out of a bone

Stones as drums

A pipe

His stick to tap out beats
18 Treacle Walker calls his magic bag a Corr Bolg; what language is this term from?
Scottish

Gaelic

Latin

English
19 What is a "copse"?
A house

A lazy eye

A bog

A small group of trees
20 The novel's setting is partially based on...?
Alan Garner's childhood home

Ireland

London

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

Fairies that live in hollow hills

Hobbits

Elves that live in tree trunks
22 What does Treacle Walker call words that are made up?
Jolly jokes

Crimpet-crumpets

Macaronics

Hubbub
23 What image is on the stone?
A cuckoo

Kit

A donkey

Thin Amren
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 National Book Award

The Booker Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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by Alan Garner

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