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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?
(a) The best day it can be.
(b) Great.
(c) A new beginning.
(d) A masterpiece.

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

3. Coach Wooden's father told his to "drink deeply from good books, especially ..."
(a) His basketball play book.
(b) The dictionary,
(c) The bible.
(d) His college textbooks.

4. What took Wooden away from his home in 1943?
(a) An offer to play professional basketball.
(b) A family crisis.
(c) World War II.
(d) Another job.

5. What did Coach Wooden's brother do to him as a child that make him very angry?
(a) Locked him in the barn.
(b) Punched him in the stomach.
(c) Flipped manure on him.
(d) Pushed him in the pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which player did Coach Wooden discover was lacking in confidence?

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

3. How did Coach Wooden deal with players who stood up to him?

4. How did Wooden save up money so he and Nellie could get married?

5. How did Wooden supplement his income?

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