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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Coach Wooden always try to end practice?
(a) On a happy note.
(b) With dribbling drills.
(c) By blowing his game whistle.
(d) With prayer.

2. 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) Dayton.
(d) Omaha.

3. How did Coach Wooden deal with players who stood up to him?
(a) He sent the player to the assistant coach.
(b) He sent the player to his teammates.
(c) He kicked the player off the team.
(d) He tried to understand the player's point of view.

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

5. Coach Lambert taught his players movement by design instead of what?
(a) Repeated patterns.
(b) Exact dribbling.
(c) Memorizing moves.
(d) Precise rebounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Most of Coach Wooden's college players were what?

3. How many free throws did a player have to make at practice in order to play in the scrimmages?

4. During many games, Coach Wooden told Jack Hirsch to stop acting like a what?

5. Veterans who wanted to go to college after the war could go at the military's expense. This was called the what?

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