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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Kareem the only player allowed to rest in the training room from time to time during practice?
(a) He needed therapy for a knee injury.
(b) He had a sleeping disorder.
(c) He suffered from migraines.
(d) He had young children at home that kept him up at night.

2. How long did it take for Coach Wooden's practice changes to take affect?
(a) Six months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

3. Instead of individuals or positions, what does Coach Wooden suggest his team members be?
(a) A team.
(b) Units.
(c) Plays in the playbook.
(d) Numbers.

4. When Kareem joined the team, what was Coach Wooden working towards?
(a) The team's first championship.
(b) A fourth consecutive championship.
(c) A third consecutive championship.
(d) A second consecutive championship.

5. What gave Kareem vertical double vision during one game?
(a) A medication he was taking.
(b) Wearing the wrong glasses.
(c) A scratched eye.
(d) A slight concussion.

6. What kind of comments did Kareem receive from the press?
(a) Mostly comments about his skill.
(b) Mostly comments about his poor attitude.
(c) Mostly comments about his family.
(d) Mostly comments about his race.

7. Coach Wooden believes there are no failures, just what?
(a) Poor choices.
(b) Wrong paths.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Disappointments.

8. What did Coach Wooden do six or seven times over his career at UCLA?
(a) Evaluated his coaching techniques.
(b) Evaluated his staff of assistant coaches.
(c) Evaluated his playbook.
(d) Evaluated what kept his team from winning.

9. What tournament did Coach Wooden lead his ISU players to?
(a) NACB.
(b) NCA.
(c) NAIA.
(d) NCAA.

10. Coach Wooden's pastor used to be his what?
(a) Player at South Bend.
(b) Classmate in Martinsville.
(c) Player at ISU.
(d) Teammate at Purdue.

11. Coach Wooden says that failure is not what?
(a) Fatal.
(b) Possible.
(c) The end.
(d) An option.

12. How did Coach Wooden learn to treat his players from LA Dodgers manager Walter Alston?
(a) Like doves.
(b) Like bears.
(c) Like lions.
(d) Like scorpions.

13. When some players showed up clearly breaking the haircut rule, what did Coach Wooden do?
(a) Made fun of them.
(b) Removed them from the team.
(c) Required them to put their hair back during a game.
(d) Made them cut their hair in the training room.

14. What tournament did Coach Wooden dream of his players being in?
(a) The Big Five.
(b) The Big Ten.
(c) The NCAA Championship.
(d) The Final Four.

15. According to Coach Wooden, what was the one thing that was holding back his UCLA team?
(a) More money for training.
(b) A better recruiting system.
(c) A good place to play.
(d) A good assistant coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Coach Wooden's basic idea of success?

2. How many titles did the team win while Kareem was a player?

3. What question would Coach Wooden never answer?

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

5. Coach Wooden taught his players that basketball was...?

(see the answer keys)

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