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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who eventually became principal and superintendent of Martinsville Schools?
(a) Nellie Wooden.
(b) Coach Curtis.
(c) Coach Wooden.
(d) Cat Wooden.

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

4. In what year did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announce he would play for UCLA?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1960.

5. In a game, what did Coach Wooden never want his team to do first?
(a) Make a foul.
(b) Score.
(c) Call a time out.
(d) Make a three point throw.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Coach Wooden, what did Kareem personify?

2. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?

3. Why did Coach Wooden get upset with his high-school basketball coach, Glenn Curtis?

4. Why didn't Coach Wooden sell his ideas of success like many people urged him to do?

5. When Kareem joined the team, what was Coach Wooden working towards?

(see the answer key)

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