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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Coach's favorite poem, "They Ask Me Why I Teach," what was the answer to the author's question?
(a) Where else could I influence young people?
(b) Where else could I help children learn?
(c) Where else could I find more splendid company?
(d) Where else could I spend so much time with children.

2. When Walt Hazzard played in a game, he liked to stand out by doing which of the following?
(a) Getting the rebounds.
(b) Scoring the majority of the points.
(c) Fancy dribbling.
(d) Making three point shots.

3. Because of an incident between Coach Wooden and his brother as children, what did he vow never to do?
(a) Lie.
(b) Swear.
(c) Get into a fight.
(d) Hurt someone's feelings.

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

5. Where did Coach Wooden spot future guard Gail Goodrich playing basketball?
(a) At a high-school basketball game.
(b) Outside the dorm at UCLA.
(c) At another college.
(d) Outside his apartment complex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Coach Wooden refer to as a "team leader"?

2. Where was freshman player Kenny Washington from?

3. What did Wooden do after the war?

4. How did Wooden supplement his income?

5. Where would Coach have stayed if it were up to him?

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