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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 Lambert taught his players movement by design instead of what?
(a) Exact dribbling.
(b) Precise rebounds.
(c) Repeated patterns.
(d) Memorizing moves.

2. At his first high-school coaching job, what was Coach Wooden's salary?
(a) $1,500 per year.
(b) $5,000 per year.
(c) $1,800 per year.
(d) $2,200 per year.

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

4. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?
(a) His bank defaulted.
(b) It was stolen.
(c) He loaned it to a friend who never paid him back.
(d) He misplaced it.

5. What moment does Coach Wooden refer to as "the peak" of his career?
(a) Making it to the NCAA championship game for the first time.
(b) Watching Walt Hazzard score the winning basket at a champanionship game.
(c) Receiving his job at UCLA.
(d) A conversation he has with Fred Slaughter after a game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nellie and Coach Wooden break up several times during high school?

2. How did Wooden supplement his income?

3. Before his senior year, who was Wooden recruited by?

4. What other sport did Fred Slaughter play at UCLA?

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

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