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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. After Kareem and several other superstars graduated, what did Coach Wooden want his team to become?
(a) Another superstar team.
(b) An even greater team.
(c) A normal college basketball team.
(d) A more competitive team.

2. In what year did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announce he would play for UCLA?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1967.

3. What was Coach Wooden's job at First Christian Church in Santa Monica?
(a) Elder.
(b) Sunday School Teacher.
(c) Assistant Pastor.
(d) Deacon.

4. If Coach Wooden's players lost, what were they not allowed to do?
(a) Be hard on themselves.
(b) Hang their heads.
(c) Hug each other.
(d) Leave the locker room until he spoke with them.

5. Coach Wooden disagreed with coaches who told their players to...?
(a) Give 110%.
(b) Practice the night before a game.
(c) Put basketball before studying.
(d) Not date during basketball season.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Coach Wooden learn his managerial skills?

2. What tournament did Coach Wooden lead his ISU players to?

3. Coach Wooden emphasizes that players are only as good as their what?

4. Coach says that Sidney Wicks went from being an erratic player to what kind of player?

5. How did Coach Wooden learn to treat his players from LA Dodgers manager Walter Alston?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the bad habit Coach Wooden had.

2. Why did Coach Wooden take his team to the NAIA tournament his second year of coaching when he did not take them his first year?

3. How did Jabbar deal with the treatment from the public?

4. Why did Coach Wooden want to leave UCLA, and why did he decide to stay?

5. How did Coach Wooden end up teaching at UCLA?

6. Explain the importance of socks and shoes according to Coach Wooden.

7. What kind of player was Sidney Wicks?

8. How did Jabbar's teammates feel about him?

9. What is something Coach Wooden says he will never do. Why do you think he says this?

10. Why didn't Coach Wooden sell his Pyramid of Success for money?

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