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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Wooden feel about money as a high-school student?
(a) He did not have money in high school.
(b) He spent everything he made.
(c) He was mad because he had to give it all to his father.
(d) He worked hard for it and managed it well.

2. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?
(a) Great.
(b) A masterpiece.
(c) A new beginning.
(d) The best day it can be.

3. Who encouraged Coach Wooden to wait until after college to marry Nellie?
(a) His coach.
(b) Nellie's mother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

5. What became known as Wooden's "good luck piece" during games at Purdue?
(a) A necklace from his mother.
(b) A key tied to his shoe.
(c) Socks with green trim.
(d) A picture of Nellie in his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Coach Wooden was a child, what was his first basketball hoop made out of?

3. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?

4. What incident caused Coach Wooden to refer to the coach/player relationship as a father/son relationship?

5. What did Coach Wooden tell Kenny Washington when he catches Kenny crying because he is homesick?

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