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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What place did Coach Wooden's team end up in the tournament in his second year as ISU?
(a) First.
(b) Last.
(c) Second.
(d) Fifth.

3. While on vacation, what did Coach Wooden decide to give up for good?
(a) Eating junk food.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Swearing.

4. What promise did Coach Wooden make to Eddie, a young member of his South Bend team?
(a) To remove him from the team if his attitude does not change.
(b) To buy his parents tickets to the game if they go to championships.
(c) To start him in the next game.
(d) To practice his free throws with him everyday.

5. What incident caused Coach Wooden to refer to the coach/player relationship as a father/son relationship?
(a) Pulling a star player out of the championship game.
(b) Taking an injured player to the hospital.
(c) Kicking a player off the team for having a bad attitude.
(d) Watching his team lose the championship game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Coach Wooden most surprised about when he began coaching at UCLA?

2. Why did Coach Wooden decide to stay at UCLA even after his contract expired?

3. What prevented Wooden from fulfilling his position in the South Pacific?

4. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?

5. What did Coach Wooden abandon when he realized it does not influence the players?

(see the answer key)

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