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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which player did Coach Wooden discover was lacking in confidence?
(a) Jack Hirsch.
(b) Doug McIntosh.
(c) Fred Slaughter.
(d) Walt Hazzard.

3. What does Coach Wooden say a coach often feels about his players?
(a) He feels like they are prideful.
(b) He feels like they are too time consuming.
(c) He feels like they are the number one priority.
(d) He feels like they are family.

4. Why did Coach Wooden's family move to Martinsville?
(a) Because they lost their farm.
(b) Because they found a bigger farm.
(c) Because Coach Wooden wanted to play at a different high school.
(d) Because Coach Wooden's dad got a new job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?

2. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?

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

4. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?

5. What incident caused Coach Wooden to refer to the coach/player relationship as a father/son relationship?

(see the answer key)

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