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

2. What did players often come to Coach Wooden wearing that were too big?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Socks.
(d) Headbands.

3. One of Wooden's favorite quotes says, "do not let what you can't do interfere with...?
(a) What you can do.
(b) Your God-given talent.
(c) What you won't do.
(d) Your natural abilities.

4. What did Coach Wooden tell Kenny Washington when he catches Kenny crying because he is homesick?
(a) Go call your mom.
(b) It is okay to be homesick.
(c) Basketball players do not cry.
(d) Shape up or ship out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the talented leader of the UCLA team's defense?

2. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?

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

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

5. In what year did Coach Wooden enlist in the military?

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