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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Wooden stay a coach when he could have earned much more money as a professional player?
(a) His wife didn't want him to play professionally.
(b) He was getting too old to play professional basketball.
(c) He didn't get any professional offers.
(d) He loved the young people he coached.

2. Why did Coach Wooden's family move to Martinsville?
(a) Because Coach Wooden's dad got a new job.
(b) Because they lost their farm.
(c) Because Coach Wooden wanted to play at a different high school.
(d) Because they found a bigger farm.

3. What other sport did Fred Slaughter play at UCLA?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Football.
(d) Track.

4. Where would Coach have stayed if it were up to him?
(a) Dayton.
(b) Purdue.
(c) Martinsville.
(d) South Bend.

5. Why did Nellie and Coach Wooden break up several times during high school?
(a) They argued a lot.
(b) She wanted to go out dancing and he couldn't.
(c) His friends did not like her.
(d) Her father did not like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the talented leader of the UCLA team's defense?

2. Who did Wooden replace as coach at Indiana State?

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

4. What did Coach Wooden tell Kenny Washington when he catches Kenny crying because he is homesick?

5. What rank was Coach Wooden called to serve at once he enlisted?

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