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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. In Chapter 1, who did Coach Wooden remove from the championship game because he was having an off night?
(a) Fred Slaughter.
(b) Jack Hirsch.
(c) Doug McIntosh.
(d) Walt Hazzard.

2. Coach Lambert taught his players movement by design instead of what?
(a) Exact dribbling.
(b) Repeated patterns.
(c) Memorizing moves.
(d) Precise rebounds.

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

4. What coaching concept applied by Coach Curtis did Coach Wooden disagree with?
(a) Firing up the team emotionally before a game.
(b) Becoming friends with the players.
(c) Sitting those who missed practice on the bench.
(d) Giving all the players a fair chance to play.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevented Wooden from fulfilling his position in the South Pacific?

2. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?

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

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

5. Who stopped Walt Hazzard from quitting the team?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Coach Wooden feel about money?

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

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

4. Discuss some of the advice Coach Wooden's father gave him in his elementary graduation letter.

5. In Chapter 8, Coach Wooden says that coaches can sometimes be subconsciously influenced by their players. What does he mean by this?

6. How did Coach Wooden come to have a "good luck charm"?

7. Explain how Coach Wooden earned money while in college.

8. Describe Coach Wooden and Nellie's wedding.

9. In Chapter 1, how did Coach Wooden react when he saw Kenny Washington crying in the locker room due to homesickness? Do you think his reaction was right?

10. Once enlisted in the military, what stopped Coach Wooden from serving overseas?

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