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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) His mother.
(b) His coach.
(c) Nellie's mother.
(d) His father.

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

3. When Walt Hazzard played in a game, he liked to stand out by doing which of the following?
(a) Getting the rebounds.
(b) Scoring the majority of the points.
(c) Fancy dribbling.
(d) Making three point shots.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?

2. Why did Coach Wooden's family move to Martinsville?

3. When Coach Wooden was a child, what was his first basketball hoop made out of?

4. What does Coach Wooden say a coach often feels about his players?

5. Where was freshman player Kenny Washington from?

(see the answer key)

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