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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Coach Wooden decide to stay at UCLA even after his contract expired?
(a) He was offered a substantial raise.
(b) His wife had a job she didn't want to leave.
(c) His children loved California.
(d) He loved his players.

3. How did Wooden save up money so he and Nellie could get married?
(a) He played pro basketball.
(b) He took extra shifts waiting tables.
(c) He sold his car.
(d) He worked in the athletic department.

4. In what year did Coach Wooden enlist in the military?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1942.

5. What did Coach Wooden show his players how to do every year?
(a) Properly encourage a teammate.
(b) Properly wear a jersey.
(c) Properly make a lay up.
(d) Properly put on socks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides coaching at the high-school level, what class did Coach Wooden teach?

2. As Coach Wooden's children grew up and had their own children, what did they make sure they still did?

3. Coach Wooden says that failure is not what?

4. How many free throws did a player have to make at practice in order to play in the scrimmages?

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

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