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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides coaching at the high-school level, what class did Coach Wooden teach?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) Geography.
(d) Math.

2. As a child, what did Coach Wooden stuff with rags to make a ball?
(a) His father's old shirt.
(b) His mother's hosiery.
(c) Strips of cloth left over from his mom's sewing.
(d) His brother's overalls.

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

4. What became known as Wooden's "good luck piece" during games at Purdue?
(a) A necklace from his mother.
(b) A key tied to his shoe.
(c) Socks with green trim.
(d) A picture of Nellie in his pocket.

5. Before his senior year, who was Wooden recruited by?
(a) University of Indiana.
(b) US Military Academy at West Point.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Coach Wooden enlist in the military?

3. After the war, what was difficult for Coach Wooden's family to find in South Bend?

4. When Walt Hazzard played in a game, he liked to stand out by doing which of the following?

5. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?

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