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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Coach Wooden was a child, what was his first basketball hoop made out of?
(a) A tomato basket.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A hallowed out piece of wood.
(d) An old tire.

2. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1980.

3. 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 his grades are low, he loses the scholarship.
(d) If he doesn't play basketball well, he loses the scholarship.

4. Why did Coach Wooden reject an offer to play at the NAIA tournament in Kansas City?
(a) He would not be allowed to use his own playbook.
(b) He would not be allowed to bring his whole team.
(c) He would not be allowed to bring a black player.
(d) He would not be allowed to chaperon the team in the dorms.

5. What does Wooden say that many coaches and players develop during their career?
(a) Bad habits.
(b) Family problems.
(c) Health problems.
(d) Superstitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?

2. Who eventually became principal and superintendent of Martinsville Schools?

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

4. Who first noticed Wooden's "good luck charm"?

5. How did Wooden supplement his income?

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