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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Coach Wooden always carry in his wallet?
(a) Money.
(b) A note from his dad.
(c) A picture of his wife.
(d) His player's names.

3. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?
(a) It was stolen.
(b) His bank defaulted.
(c) He loaned it to a friend who never paid him back.
(d) He misplaced it.

4. What does Coach Wooden say a coach often feels about his players?
(a) He feels like they are the number one priority.
(b) He feels like they are prideful.
(c) He feels like they are family.
(d) He feels like they are too time consuming.

5. After Wooden and Nellie got married, how much money a week did Wooden make working with Coach Curtis?
(a) $100.
(b) $250.
(c) $500.
(d) $25.

6. What made team forward Keith Erickson very upset during games?
(a) If Coach Wooden yelled at him.
(b) If the referee made a bad call.
(c) If he made a foul.
(d) If he didn't get the opportunity to score.

7. After Coach Wooden's first high-school coaching job, where did he move for his second high-school coaching job?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Omaha.
(c) South Bend.
(d) Dayton.

8. Why did Coach Wooden reject an offer to play at the NAIA tournament in Kansas City?
(a) He would not be allowed to bring his whole team.
(b) He would not be allowed to chaperon the team in the dorms.
(c) He would not be allowed to use his own playbook.
(d) He would not be allowed to bring a black player.

9. In what year of Coach Wooden's college coaching experience, did his team win their conference title?
(a) His third year.
(b) His second year.
(c) His fifth year.
(d) His first year.

10. Coach Lambert also taught Coach Wooden to play his own game and let the opponents what?
(a) Lose.
(b) Figure it out.
(c) Worry about your next move.
(d) Follow.

11. What incident caused Coach Wooden to refer to the coach/player relationship as a father/son relationship?
(a) Pulling a star player out of the championship game.
(b) Watching his team lose the championship game.
(c) Taking an injured player to the hospital.
(d) Kicking a player off the team for having a bad attitude.

12. Who first noticed Wooden's "good luck charm"?
(a) A sports reporter.
(b) Nellie.
(c) A recruiter.
(d) Coach Lambert.

13. Veterans who wanted to go to college after the war could go at the military's expense. This was called the what?
(a) Education for Veterans Bill.
(b) Military College Act.
(c) Veteran College Bill.
(d) G.I. Bill

14. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?
(a) He was happy because the team won.
(b) He was mad at his fellow teammates.
(c) He was depressed because his family came to watch him.
(d) He was angry because he didn't get to play.

15. When Coach Wooden describes himself and Nellie, what does he say?
(a) She likes outdoor activities, and he likes to stay inside.
(b) She is loud and he is quiet.
(c) She is shy, and he is talkative.
(d) She is full of personality and he is shy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part-time job did Wooden have when he started college?

2. Who did Wooden replace as coach at Indiana State?

3. Why did Coach Wooden remove Walt Hazzard from several games?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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