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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a child, what did Coach Wooden stuff with rags to make a ball?
(a) His brother's overalls.
(b) Strips of cloth left over from his mom's sewing.
(c) His father's old shirt.
(d) His mother's hosiery.

2. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?
(a) At his summer job.
(b) At a summer carnival.
(c) At a high-school basketball game.
(d) At church.

3. Why did Nellie and Coach Wooden break up several times during high school?
(a) She wanted to go out dancing and he couldn't.
(b) Her father did not like him.
(c) His friends did not like her.
(d) They argued a lot.

4. What did Coach Wooden's brother do to him as a child that make him very angry?
(a) Flipped manure on him.
(b) Punched him in the stomach.
(c) Pushed him in the pond.
(d) Locked him in the barn.

5. What moment does Coach Wooden refer to as "the peak" of his career?
(a) Receiving his job at UCLA.
(b) Making it to the NCAA championship game for the first time.
(c) A conversation he has with Fred Slaughter after a game.
(d) Watching Walt Hazzard score the winning basket at a champanionship game.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wooden feel about money as a high-school student?

2. Who eventually became principal and superintendent of Martinsville Schools?

3. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each high-school game?

4. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each game when he was a coach?

5. What does Wooden say that many coaches and players develop during their career?

(see the answer key)

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