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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. Who encouraged Coach Wooden to wait until after college to marry Nellie?
(a) Nellie's mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His coach.

2. Why did Nellie and Coach Wooden break up several times during high school?
(a) They argued a lot.
(b) She wanted to go out dancing and he couldn't.
(c) Her father did not like him.
(d) His friends did not like her.

3. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each game when he was a coach?
(a) He introduced her to the crowd.
(b) He whistled at her.
(c) He winked at her.
(d) He waved at her with his rolled up program.

4. What did Coach Wooden's high-school coach prohibit his players from doing during basketball season?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Missing practice.
(c) Failing a class.
(d) Dating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stopped Walt Hazzard from quitting the team?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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