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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Wooden served in the military in Georgia, what was his duty?
(a) To teach classes in physical fitness.
(b) To enter data received from the war front.
(c) To account for liquor.
(d) To teach enlisted men how to play basketball.

2. Coach Wooden believes there are no failures, just what?
(a) Wrong paths.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Poor choices.
(d) Disappointments.

3. What took Wooden away from his home in 1943?
(a) An offer to play professional basketball.
(b) A family crisis.
(c) World War II.
(d) Another job.

4. After the war, what was difficult for Coach Wooden's family to find in South Bend?
(a) Affordable housing.
(b) Adequate schools.
(c) A job for Nellie.
(d) Kind neighbors.

5. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?
(a) He was angry because he didn't get to play.
(b) He was mad at his fellow teammates.
(c) He was depressed because his family came to watch him.
(d) He was happy because the team won.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Wooden and Nellie got married, how much money a week did Wooden make working with Coach Curtis?

2. Why did Coach Wooden remove Walt Hazzard from several games?

3. According to Coach Wooden, what was the one thing that was holding back his UCLA team?

4. What other sport did Fred Slaughter play at UCLA?

5. When Coach Wooden was a child, what was his first basketball hoop made out of?

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