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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wooden learned that students who do what, can get free tuition?
(a) Have at least a B average.
(b) Make the dean's list.
(c) Play on the basketball team.
(d) Have parents who are alumni.

2. Why did Coach Wooden get upset with his high-school basketball coach, Glenn Curtis?
(a) He felt like Coach Curtis didn't give his brother a chance.
(b) He didn't like the way Coach Curtis ran practice.
(c) He thought Coach Curtis was disrespectful to the players.
(d) He didn't agree with Coach Curtis' game philosophy.

3. Who loaned Wooden some money for his wedding?
(a) Coach Curtis.
(b) Nellie's father.
(c) Nellie's best friend's father.
(d) Wooden's father.

4. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?
(a) At church.
(b) At a summer carnival.
(c) At a high-school basketball game.
(d) At his summer job.

5. What part-time job did Wooden have when he started college?
(a) Waiting tables and washing dishes.
(b) Working in the college's laundry room.
(c) Cooking in a local restaurant.
(d) A groundskeeper.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Coach Wooden tell Kenny Washington when he catches Kenny crying because he is homesick?

4. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?

5. After Wooden and Nellie got married, how much money a week did Wooden make working with Coach Curtis?

(see the answer key)

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