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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Coach Wooden, what was the one thing that was holding back his UCLA team?
(a) A good assistant coach.
(b) A better recruiting system.
(c) A good place to play.
(d) More money for training.

2. What did Coach Wooden tell Kenny Washington when he catches Kenny crying because he is homesick?
(a) It is okay to be homesick.
(b) Go call your mom.
(c) Basketball players do not cry.
(d) Shape up or ship out.

3. In what year did Coach Wooden move back to Indiana?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1930.

4. Coach Wooden says that failure is not what?
(a) Fatal.
(b) The end.
(c) An option.
(d) Possible.

5. Which player replaced the player who was removed by Coach Wooden from the championship game?
(a) Doug McIntosh.
(b) Walt Hazzard.
(c) Gail Goodrich.
(d) Fred Slaughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1966, where did the UCLA team start playing?

3. What made Coach Wooden want to enlist in the military?

4. Where was freshman player Kenny Washington from?

5. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?

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