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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Wooden's first high-school coaching job?
(a) South Bend High School.
(b) Dayton High School.
(c) Martinsville High School.
(d) Springfield High School.

2. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each high-school game?
(a) He winked at her.
(b) He blew her a kiss.
(c) He waved at her.
(d) He gave her the okay sign.

3. Who encouraged Coach Wooden to wait until after college to marry Nellie?
(a) Nellie's mother.
(b) His coach.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

5. Who loaned Wooden some money for his wedding?
(a) Nellie's best friend's father.
(b) Coach Curtis.
(c) Wooden's father.
(d) Nellie's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?

3. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?

4. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?

5. Coach Lambert also taught Coach Wooden to play his own game and let the opponents what?

(see the answer key)

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