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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?
(a) They went to dinner and dancing.
(b) They went to an expensive hotel.
(c) They went to dinner and a concert.
(d) They moved into their apartment.

3. What made Coach Wooden want to enlist in the military?
(a) Nellie's insistence that the pay was good.
(b) He had lost his coaching job.
(c) Ther Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
(d) His father's legacy.

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

5. What coaching concept applied by Coach Curtis did Coach Wooden disagree with?
(a) Giving all the players a fair chance to play.
(b) Firing up the team emotionally before a game.
(c) Sitting those who missed practice on the bench.
(d) Becoming friends with the players.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Wooden start college?

2. What other sport did high-school player Eddie play that Coach Wooden mistakenly thought was a better fit for him?

3. When Wooden served in the military in Georgia, what was his duty?

4. Coach Lambert also taught Coach Wooden to play his own game and let the opponents what?

5. What made team forward Keith Erickson very upset during games?

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