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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Wooden save up money so he and Nellie could get married?
(a) He worked in the athletic department.
(b) He played pro basketball.
(c) He sold his car.
(d) He took extra shifts waiting tables.

3. Where was freshman player Kenny Washington from?
(a) New York.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

4. What was Coach Wooden most surprised about when he began coaching at UCLA?
(a) How much money the assistant coaches received.
(b) How many great players he had.
(c) How horrible the team was.
(d) How big the fan base was.

5. What incident caused Coach Wooden to refer to the coach/player relationship as a father/son relationship?
(a) Taking an injured player to the hospital.
(b) Kicking a player off the team for having a bad attitude.
(c) Pulling a star player out of the championship game.
(d) Watching his team lose the championship game.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Coach Wooden deal with players who stood up to him?

2. According to Coach Wooden, a true athlete should have what?

3. Coach Wooden emphasizes that players are only as good as their what?

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

5. What prevented Wooden from fulfilling his position in the South Pacific?

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