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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Coach Wooden spot future guard Gail Goodrich playing basketball?
(a) At a high-school basketball game.
(b) At another college.
(c) Outside the dorm at UCLA.
(d) Outside his apartment complex.

2. What did Wooden do after the war?
(a) Found a new job at a high school in Georgia.
(b) Stayed in the military, training men for battle.
(c) Returned to his old coaching position in South Bend.
(d) Played for a professional basketball team.

3. During many games, Coach Wooden told Jack Hirsch to stop acting like a what?
(a) Bully.
(b) Child.
(c) Star.
(d) Show-off.

4. From whom did Coach Wooden learn his managerial skills?
(a) His father.
(b) Walter Alston.
(c) Frank Leahy.
(d) Nellie.

5. When some players showed up clearly breaking the haircut rule, what did Coach Wooden do?
(a) Required them to put their hair back during a game.
(b) Made fun of them.
(c) Removed them from the team.
(d) Made them cut their hair in the training room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coach Wooden believe is a great motivator?

2. When Walt Hazzard played in a game, he liked to stand out by doing which of the following?

3. What did Coach Wooden show his players how to do every year?

4. Why didn't Coach Wooden sell his ideas of success like many people urged him to do?

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

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