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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question would Coach Wooden never answer?
(a) Who was your favorite player?
(b) Who was your best player?
(c) What are your secrets to success?
(d) How much money do you make?

2. In Coach Wooden's first year coaching at UCLA, how did the team do?
(a) They made it to the southern division finals.
(b) They made it to the national championships.
(c) They made it to the local playoffs.
(d) They lost more games than they won.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Wooden served in the military in Georgia, what was his duty?

2. What did Coach Wooden do six or seven times over his career at UCLA?

3. How long did it take for Coach Wooden's practice changes to take affect?

4. In a game, what did Coach Wooden never want his team to do first?

5. Why did Coach Wooden reject an offer to play at the NAIA tournament in Kansas City?

(see the answer key)

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