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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Coach Wooden was a child, what was his first basketball hoop made out of?
(a) An old tire.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A tomato basket.
(d) A hallowed out piece of wood.

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

3. What does Wooden say that many coaches and players develop during their career?
(a) Bad habits.
(b) Family problems.
(c) Superstitions.
(d) Health problems.

4. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?
(a) Several conversations with Nellie.
(b) Several conversations with his father.
(c) Several conversations with Coach Curtis.
(d) Several conversations with his brother, Cat.

5. Why did Coach Wooden get upset with his high-school basketball coach, Glenn Curtis?
(a) He didn't like the way Coach Curtis ran practice.
(b) He didn't agree with Coach Curtis' game philosophy.
(c) He thought Coach Curtis was disrespectful to the players.
(d) He felt like Coach Curtis didn't give his brother a chance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Coach Wooden remove Walt Hazzard from several games?

2. Who encouraged Coach Wooden to wait until after college to marry Nellie?

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

4. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?

5. What took Wooden away from his home in 1943?

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