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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other sport did high-school player Eddie play that Coach Wooden mistakenly thought was a better fit for him?
(a) Football.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Track.

2. What was Coach Wooden most surprised about when he began coaching at UCLA?
(a) How horrible the team was.
(b) How much money the assistant coaches received.
(c) How big the fan base was.
(d) How many great players he had.

3. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?
(a) They went to dinner and a concert.
(b) They moved into their apartment.
(c) They went to an expensive hotel.
(d) They went to dinner and dancing.

4. How did Wooden supplement his income?
(a) By playing pro basketball on the weekends.
(b) By waiting tables on the weekend.
(c) By running basketball training camps in the summer.
(d) By selling sports stories to the local newspaper.

5. What were the facilities like at UCLA?
(a) State of the art.
(b) There were none.
(c) Average.
(d) In poor condition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Coach Wooden require his players to wear the same practice uniform every time they practiced?

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

3. Where did Coach Wooden have the worse record of his career?

4. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?

5. What was Coach Wooden's job at First Christian Church in Santa Monica?

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