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

2. Why were Kareem's teammates jealous of him?
(a) He came from a wealthy family.
(b) People wanted his autograph.
(c) Coach Wooden said he was his favorite player.
(d) He scored most of the points during games.

3. How did Wooden supplement his income?
(a) By playing pro basketball on the weekends.
(b) By running basketball training camps in the summer.
(c) By waiting tables on the weekend.
(d) By selling sports stories to the local newspaper.

4. Why did Coach Wooden like to have a different combination of players playing together during practice?
(a) So players would be used to playing with each other during the game.
(b) So players would get over their prejudices.
(c) So players would become friends with each other.
(d) So players appreciate team members.

5. When Wooden served in the military in Georgia, what was his duty?
(a) To teach classes in physical fitness.
(b) To account for liquor.
(c) To enter data received from the war front.
(d) To teach enlisted men how to play basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?

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

3. What state did Kareem come from in order to play for UCLA?

4. Coach Wooden disagreed with coaches who told their players to...?

5. Regardless of the outcome of a game, it was important to Coach Wooden that his players do what?

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