Jazz Quizzes

Jazz Quiz 1

1 Who did Violet "kidnap" from his buggy?
Philly

Lenox

Malvonne

Baby Melvin
2 What is Violet's occupation?
"an unlicensed beautician"

"a money handling job"

"golden Hospitality"

"selling Cleopatra cosmetics"
3 Who offered Violet a picture of Dorcas?
Dorcas

Malvonne

Alice Manfred

Joe Trace
4 What is the name of street where the Traces live?
Lenox Avenue

134th Street

Singer

Salem
5 Where did Dorcas live before she moved to Harlem?
Springfield, Illinois

Brooklyn, New York

Boston, Massachusetts

East St. Louis, Missouri
6 Where was Louis Manfred buried?
In the Harlem River

Under a newspaper

Springfield

Chicago
7 Who accompanied Dorcas to her first party?
Joe Trace

Felice

Nobody

Malvonne
8 How did Dorcas' father die?
He was stabbed in the chest

He was shot

He was stomped to death

He was buried alive
9 Who are Rochelle, Bernadine and Faye?
Cousins of Felice

Prostitutes on Lenox Avenue

Favorite clients of Joe Trace

Dorcas' wooden dolls
10 Where does Neola Miller suffer "paralysis"?
Her "time-twisted spine"

Her "left and left alone leg"

Her "broken heart"

Her "clutched arm"
11 Where does Alice Manfred live?
"Just outside of Harlem Proper"

"Both in Springfield and in Harlem"

"Clifton Place"

None of the above
12 What place does Neola Miller describe as the enchantment of sin?
Imminent Demise

Harlem's Hell

Paradise

Great White Throne
13 Who dreams of trampling a woman to death?
Violet Trace

Joe Trace

Dorcas

Alice Manfred
14 Who owns the drugstore?
Duggie

Violet

Gistan

The City
15 Where did True Belle live before she arrived at Rose Dear's house?
Baltimore

Sweet Home

Pennsylvania

New York
16 How did Rose Dear kill herself?
She broke her own heart.

She walked into a fire.

She jumped into a well.

She slit her wrists.
17 How does True Belle make the world "right side up?"
Laughing

Ironing

Singing

Praying
18 Who is Joe Trace's best friend?
Gistan

Victory

Dorcas

Himself
19 How long does it take for Joe Trace to hunt down Dorcas?
Three hours

Seven days

Five days

Two weeks
20 How many "changes" does Joe Trace say he has experienced?
One

Ten

Seven

Three
21 Who are Joe Trace's foster parents?
Rhoda and Frank Williams

Violet and Dorcas

Rhoda and Frank Trace

None of the above
22 Who authorized Rose Dear's "dispossession?"
Her owner

Her neighbor

Her husband

Her mother
23 Who was the main character of True Belle's stories?
Rose Dear

Vera Louise

Phaeton

Golden Gray
24 Why did Vera Louise leave Vesper County, Virginia?
She wanted to get married.

She wanted to be free.

She was disowned.

She wanted to see the city.
25 Who does Golden Gray bring into his father's house?
Victory

Rose Dear

Wild

Honor

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