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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wooden says when you take initiative, there are times when what may happen?

2. What does Wooden ensure about every player's shoes?

3. What does Wooden say about his players' lives and problems?

4. When Wooden discusses conditioning, he says that it is all-inclusive, involving the moral, physical, and what?

5. How does Wooden handle his players when they've done something well or correctly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three ways that Wooden makes sure his players are ready for "physiological warfare"?

2. What does Wooden stress about listening to what people say about you? What example does he give?

3. Why does Wooden feel that parents shouldn't necessarily be concerned that their children aren't getting high grades?

4. How does Wooden discuss his retirement from coaching during Part 3 of "Wooden"?

5. What block is at the top of Wooden's pyramid of success? What does it mean?

6. What are the three priorities (in order of importance) Wooden feels every UCLA player should keep in mind?

7. Despite the fact that Wooden doesn't like all his players, how does he treat them?

8. When it comes to winning championships, what two things does Wooden keep in mind?

9. What elements make up the "mortar" of Wooden's pyramid of success? Why does he choose these elements?

10. How do Wooden's beliefs regarding morality affect the way he's put his pyramid of success together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three places in "Wooden" where John Wooden uses real people to illustrate his points. How does the person's character, experiences, and/or reputation support what Wooden is trying to explain to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

In "Wooden," Wooden uses many different anecdotes to prove his points. Choose one of those anecdotes and answer the following questions about it:

1. What is the anecdote?

2. What theory/idea does the anecdote support?

3. How do you know this anecdote is being used in this manner? (In other words, what clues can you get from the text?)

Essay Topic 3

Wooden tells the reader at the beginning of the book that he has a love for literature. How is his love for literature apparent at three different times during the text of "Wooden'? (Example: The use of poetry throughout "Wooden" shows that Wooden loves the written word and is familiar with many types of poems as well as authors.)

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