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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise did Coach Wooden make to Eddie, a young member of his South Bend team?
(a) To practice his free throws with him everyday.
(b) To buy his parents tickets to the game if they go to championships.
(c) To remove him from the team if his attitude does not change.
(d) To start him in the next game.

2. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each game when he was a coach?
(a) He introduced her to the crowd.
(b) He waved at her with his rolled up program.
(c) He whistled at her.
(d) He winked at her.

3. Coach Lambert taught his players movement by design instead of what?
(a) Precise rebounds.
(b) Repeated patterns.
(c) Memorizing moves.
(d) Exact dribbling.

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

5. What took Wooden away from his home in 1943?
(a) World War II.
(b) Another job.
(c) A family crisis.
(d) An offer to play professional basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of Coach Wooden's college players were what?

2. Why did Coach Wooden require his players to wear the same practice uniform every time they practiced?

3. At his first high-school coaching job, what was Coach Wooden's salary?

4. Coach Wooden believes there are no failures, just what?

5. One of Wooden's favorite quotes says, "do not let what you can't do interfere with...?

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