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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. In what year did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announce he would play for UCLA?

2. What question would Coach Wooden never answer?

3. In Coach Wooden's first year coaching at UCLA, how did the team do?

4. What did Coach Wooden learn from Notre Dame football coach Frank Leahy?

5. In what year did UCLA win their first NCAA championship?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Coach Wooden, what type of player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

2. Why didn't Coach Wooden ask his players to give 110%?

3. How does Coach Wooden define success?

4. In Chapter 17, Coach Wooden says, "failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." Explain what he means by this.

5. How did Jabbar deal with the treatment from the public?

6. What did Coach Wooden believe was a great motivator and how did he use this to help his team?

7. When did Coach Wooden do most of his talking with his players?

8. Why did Coach Wooden want to leave UCLA, and why did he decide to stay?

9. How did Coach Wooden's religion influence his coaching?

10. List some of the people who influenced Coach Wooden's life, according to Chapter 16.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Wooden takes about how the coach/player relationship becomes like a father/son relationship. Compare and contrast the relationship between a coach and a player and a father and son. Give examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Coach Wooden discussed many of his players and interactions he had with them. Choose three of Coach Wooden's players, discuss what you learned from them and give your opinion on how Coach Wooden influenced them.

Essay Topic 3

Coach Wooden had specific rules for both practices and games.

Part 1) Discuss how Coach Wooden ran practices including specific rules.

Part 2) Discuss how Coach ran games including specific rules.

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