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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Wooden and Nellie got married, how much money a week did Wooden make working with Coach Curtis?
(a) $250.
(b) $25.
(c) $500.
(d) $100.

2. In Chapter 1, who did Coach Wooden remove from the championship game because he was having an off night?
(a) Jack Hirsch.
(b) Doug McIntosh.
(c) Fred Slaughter.
(d) Walt Hazzard.

3. What did Coach Wooden show his players how to do every year?
(a) Properly wear a jersey.
(b) Properly encourage a teammate.
(c) Properly make a lay up.
(d) Properly put on socks.

4. What place did Coach Wooden's team end up in the tournament in his second year as ISU?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Last.

5. What part-time job did Wooden have when he started college?
(a) A groundskeeper.
(b) Cooking in a local restaurant.
(c) Working in the college's laundry room.
(d) Waiting tables and washing dishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At his first high-school coaching job, what was Coach Wooden's salary?

2. As a child, what did Coach Wooden stuff with rags to make a ball?

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

4. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?

5. Wooden learned that students who do what, can get free tuition?

(see the answer key)

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