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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 & 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?
(a) Several conversations with his father.
(b) Several conversations with Coach Curtis.
(c) Several conversations with Nellie.
(d) Several conversations with his brother, Cat.

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

3. What did Coach Wooden's high-school coach prohibit his players from doing during basketball season?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Missing practice.
(c) Dating.
(d) Failing a class.

4. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?
(a) He gave massages.
(b) He worked at a restaurant.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He taught at Coach's school.

5. Who eventually became principal and superintendent of Martinsville Schools?
(a) Cat Wooden.
(b) Coach Curtis.
(c) Coach Wooden.
(d) Nellie Wooden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wooden supplement his income?

2. Which player replaced the player who was removed by Coach Wooden from the championship game?

3. In Coach's favorite poem, "They Ask Me Why I Teach," what was the answer to the author's question?

4. What promise did Coach Wooden make to Eddie, a young member of his South Bend team?

5. Who loaned Wooden some money for his wedding?

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