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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?
(a) At a summer carnival.
(b) At church.
(c) At a high-school basketball game.
(d) At his summer job.

2. As a child, what did Coach Wooden stuff with rags to make a ball?
(a) Strips of cloth left over from his mom's sewing.
(b) His brother's overalls.
(c) His mother's hosiery.
(d) His father's old shirt.

3. In Coach's favorite poem, "They Ask Me Why I Teach," what was the answer to the author's question?
(a) Where else could I influence young people?
(b) Where else could I help children learn?
(c) Where else could I spend so much time with children.
(d) Where else could I find more splendid company?

4. Coach Wooden's father told his to "drink deeply from good books, especially ..."
(a) The bible.
(b) The dictionary,
(c) His basketball play book.
(d) His college textbooks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who stopped Walt Hazzard from quitting the team?

3. Which player replaced the player who was removed by Coach Wooden from the championship game?

4. Where was Wooden's first high-school coaching job?

5. Why did Wooden stay a coach when he could have earned much more money as a professional player?

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