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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. Wooden learned that students who do what, can get free tuition?
(a) Have at least a B average.
(b) Make the dean's list.
(c) Play on the basketball team.
(d) Have parents who are alumni.

2. Why did Coach Wooden get upset with his high-school basketball coach, Glenn Curtis?
(a) He didn't like the way Coach Curtis ran practice.
(b) He felt like Coach Curtis didn't give his brother a chance.
(c) He didn't agree with Coach Curtis' game philosophy.
(d) He thought Coach Curtis was disrespectful to the players.

3. What part-time job did Wooden have when he started college?
(a) Waiting tables and washing dishes.
(b) Working in the college's laundry room.
(c) Cooking in a local restaurant.
(d) A groundskeeper.

4. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?
(a) If his grades are low, he loses the scholarship.
(b) If he doesn't play basketball well, he loses the scholarship.
(c) If he breaks curfew, he loses the scholarship.
(d) If he misses practice, he loses the scholarship.

5. Who stopped Walt Hazzard from quitting the team?
(a) Fred Slaughter.
(b) His father.
(c) His teammates.
(d) Coach Wooden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wooden supplement his income?

2. What does Coach Wooden say a coach often feels about his players?

3. After Coach Wooden's first high-school coaching job, where did he move for his second high-school coaching job?

4. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?

5. Besides coaching at the high-school level, what class did Coach Wooden teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss some of the advice Coach Wooden's father gave him in his elementary graduation letter.

2. Explain Coach Wooden's duties and pay when he got his first high-school coaching job in Dayton.

3. What caused Coach Wooden to enlist in the military?

4. How did Coach Wooden feel about money?

5. Why didn't Coach Wooden remain a high-school basketball coach?

6. In Chapter 2, where did Coach meet Nellie and why did he like her?

7. In Chapter 1, how did Coach Wooden react when he saw Kenny Washington crying in the locker room due to homesickness? Do you think his reaction was right?

8. In Chapter 8, Coach Wooden says that coaches can sometimes be subconsciously influenced by their players. What does he mean by this?

9. What basketball rule caused Nellie and Coach Wooden to break up several times? Was this a good rule?

10. Explain what happened between Coach Wooden and one of his South Bend students named Eddie.

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