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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Coach Wooden's first high-school coaching job, where did he move for his second high-school coaching job?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) South Bend.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Dayton.

2. What did Wooden do after the war?
(a) Played for a professional basketball team.
(b) Found a new job at a high school in Georgia.
(c) Stayed in the military, training men for battle.
(d) Returned to his old coaching position in South Bend.

3. One of Wooden's favorite quotes says, "do not let what you can't do interfere with...?
(a) What you can do.
(b) Your natural abilities.
(c) Your God-given talent.
(d) What you won't do.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Coach Wooden's family move to Martinsville?

2. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?

3. In what year did Coach Wooden move back to Indiana?

4. Because of an incident between Coach Wooden and his brother as children, what did he vow never to do?

5. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?

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