Jazz Quizzes

Jazz Quiz 1

1 Who did Violet "kidnap" from his buggy?
Baby Melvin

Malvonne

Lenox

Philly
2 What is Violet's occupation?
"a money handling job"

"golden Hospitality"

"selling Cleopatra cosmetics"

"an unlicensed beautician"
3 Who offered Violet a picture of Dorcas?
Dorcas

Joe Trace

Malvonne

Alice Manfred
4 What is the name of street where the Traces live?
Lenox Avenue

Salem

134th Street

Singer
5 Where did Dorcas live before she moved to Harlem?
Brooklyn, New York

Boston, Massachusetts

East St. Louis, Missouri

Springfield, Illinois
6 Where was Louis Manfred buried?
Springfield

Chicago

Under a newspaper

In the Harlem River
7 Who accompanied Dorcas to her first party?
Malvonne

Nobody

Felice

Joe Trace
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

Dorcas' wooden dolls

Prostitutes on Lenox Avenue

Favorite clients of Joe Trace
10 Where does Neola Miller suffer "paralysis"?
Her "clutched arm"

Her "left and left alone leg"

Her "time-twisted spine"

Her "broken heart"
11 Where does Alice Manfred live?
"Clifton Place"

"Both in Springfield and in Harlem"

"Just outside of Harlem Proper"

None of the above
12 What place does Neola Miller describe as the enchantment of sin?
Harlem's Hell

Imminent Demise

Paradise

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

Violet 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?
Pennsylvania

Baltimore

Sweet Home

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

She slit her wrists.

She walked into a fire.

She jumped into a well.
17 How does True Belle make the world "right side up?"
Laughing

Ironing

Singing

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

Gistan

Victory

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?
Three

Ten

Seven

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

Rhoda and Frank Trace

Violet and Dorcas

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

Her neighbor

Her husband

Her owner
23 Who was the main character of True Belle's stories?
Vera Louise

Golden Gray

Phaeton

Rose Dear
24 Why did Vera Louise leave Vesper County, Virginia?
She wanted to see the city.

She wanted to get married.

She was disowned.

She wanted to be free.
25 Who does Golden Gray bring into his father's house?
Honor

Wild

Rose Dear

Victory

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