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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Coach Wooden, Coach Lambert coached based on what?
(a) The plays made by the opposing team.
(b) The playbook provided to him.
(c) The ability of his players.
(d) The moves he learned as a player.

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

3. Before his senior year, who was Wooden recruited by?
(a) Harvard.
(b) US Military Academy at West Point.
(c) UCLA.
(d) University of Indiana.

4. What other sport did Fred Slaughter play at UCLA?
(a) Track.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Football.
(d) Soccer.

5. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?
(a) He taught at Coach's school.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He gave massages.
(d) He worked at a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of Coach Wooden's college players were what?

2. What coaching concept applied by Coach Curtis did Coach Wooden disagree with?

3. Where did Coach Wooden spot future guard Gail Goodrich playing basketball?

4. How did Wooden save up money so he and Nellie could get married?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Coach Wooden to enlist in the military?

2. Why didn't Coach Wooden and Nellie have enough money for the wedding they had planned?

3. Describe Coach Wooden's team his first year at Indiana State University.

4. Why didn't Coach Wooden seek a career as a professional basketball player?

5. In Chapter 1, Coach Wooden removes Walt Hazzard from several games for showing off. Why is showing off a negative thing?

6. Why didn't Coach Wooden remain a high-school basketball coach?

7. Explain what happened between Coach Wooden and one of his South Bend students named Eddie.

8. Describe Keith Erickson.

9. Explain Coach Wooden's duties and pay when he got his first high-school coaching job in Dayton.

10. What is the meaning of this quote by Coach Wooden, "the true athlete should have character, not be a character"?

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