Jazz Quizzes

Jazz Quiz 1

By John Burton · Last reviewed August 18, 2000

1 Who did Violet "kidnap" from his buggy?

Lenox

Baby Melvin

Philly

Malvonne
2 What is Violet's occupation?

"golden Hospitality"

"a money handling job"

"selling Cleopatra cosmetics"

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

Malvonne

Alice Manfred

Dorcas

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

134th Street

Lenox Avenue

Salem

Singer
5 Where did Dorcas live before she moved to Harlem?

Brooklyn, New York

East St. Louis, Missouri

Boston, Massachusetts

Springfield, Illinois
6 Where was Louis Manfred buried?

In the Harlem River

Springfield

Chicago

Under a newspaper
7 Who accompanied Dorcas to her first party?

Nobody

Joe Trace

Malvonne

Felice
8 How did Dorcas' father die?

He was stabbed in the chest

He was shot

He was buried alive

He was stomped to death
9 Who are Rochelle, Bernadine and Faye?

Favorite clients of Joe Trace

Cousins of Felice

Dorcas' wooden dolls

Prostitutes on Lenox Avenue
10 Where does Neola Miller suffer "paralysis"?

Her "broken heart"

Her "time-twisted spine"

Her "left and left alone leg"

Her "clutched arm"
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

Paradise

Great White Throne

Imminent Demise
13 Who dreams of trampling a woman to death?

Violet Trace

Alice Manfred

Dorcas

Joe Trace
14 Who owns the drugstore?

Duggie

Violet

The City

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

Pennsylvania

Sweet Home

New York

Baltimore
16 How did Rose Dear kill herself?

She walked into a fire.

She jumped into a well.

She slit her wrists.

She broke her own heart.
17 How does True Belle make the world "right side up?"

Praying

Ironing

Laughing

Singing
18 Who is Joe Trace's best friend?

Gistan

Himself

Dorcas

Victory
19 How long does it take for Joe Trace to hunt down Dorcas?

Seven days

Two weeks

Five days

Three hours
20 How many "changes" does Joe Trace say he has experienced?

Ten

Three

Seven

One
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 neighbor

Her husband

Her owner

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

Rose Dear

Vera Louise

Golden Gray

Phaeton
24 Why did Vera Louise leave Vesper County, Virginia?

She was disowned.

She wanted to get married.

She wanted to be free.

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

Wild

Victory

Honor

Rose Dear

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