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

2. 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.

3. Where was freshman player Kenny Washington from?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Florida.
(c) New York.
(d) Alabama.

4. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?
(a) If he breaks curfew, he loses the scholarship.
(b) If he doesn't play basketball well, he loses the scholarship.
(c) If he misses practice, he loses the scholarship.
(d) If his grades are low, he loses the scholarship.

5. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each high-school game?

2. What did Coach Wooden's high-school coach prohibit his players from doing during basketball season?

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

4. What made team forward Keith Erickson very upset during games?

5. During many games, Coach Wooden told Jack Hirsch to stop acting like a what?

(see the answer key)

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