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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Coach's favorite poem, "They Ask Me Why I Teach," what was the answer to the author's question?
(a) Where else could I find more splendid company?
(b) Where else could I spend so much time with children.
(c) Where else could I influence young people?
(d) Where else could I help children learn?

2. In what year of Coach Wooden's college coaching experience, did his team win their conference title?
(a) His third year.
(b) His second year.
(c) His fifth year.
(d) His first year.

3. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?
(a) They went to dinner and dancing.
(b) They went to an expensive hotel.
(c) They moved into their apartment.
(d) They went to dinner and a concert.

4. Where was Coach Wooden's first college coaching job?
(a) The University of Indiana.
(b) The University of Alabama.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Indiana State University.

5. After Wooden and Nellie got married, how much money a week did Wooden make working with Coach Curtis?
(a) $100.
(b) $25.
(c) $250.
(d) $500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Wooden stay a coach when he could have earned much more money as a professional player?

2. What became known as Wooden's "good luck piece" during games at Purdue?

3. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?

4. In what year did Coach Wooden move back to Indiana?

5. Coach Wooden believes there are no failures, just what?

(see the answer key)

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