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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Coach Wooden's brother do to him as a child that make him very angry?
(a) Locked him in the barn.
(b) Pushed him in the pond.
(c) Flipped manure on him.
(d) Punched him in the stomach.

4. Where would Coach have stayed if it were up to him?
(a) Dayton.
(b) South Bend.
(c) Purdue.
(d) Martinsville.

5. What part-time job did Wooden have when he started college?
(a) A groundskeeper.
(b) Waiting tables and washing dishes.
(c) Cooking in a local restaurant.
(d) Working in the college's laundry room.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?

4. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?

5. Why did Coach Wooden's family move to Martinsville?

(see the answer key)

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