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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 find more splendid company?
(b) Where else could I help children learn?
(c) Where else could I spend so much time with children.
(d) Where else could I influence young people?

2. What moment does Coach Wooden refer to as "the peak" of his career?
(a) Receiving his job at UCLA.
(b) Making it to the NCAA championship game for the first time.
(c) A conversation he has with Fred Slaughter after a game.
(d) Watching Walt Hazzard score the winning basket at a champanionship game.

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

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

5. Where did Wooden go the morning after his wedding?
(a) To help his coach recruit new players.
(b) To basketball practice.
(c) To a basketball clinic.
(d) To look for a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Coach Wooden describes himself and Nellie, what does he say?

2. How did Wooden save up money so he and Nellie could get married?

3. Who does Coach Wooden refer to as a "team leader"?

4. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?

5. Who first noticed Wooden's "good luck charm"?

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