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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other sport did Fred Slaughter play at UCLA?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Track.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Football.

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

3. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?
(a) The best day it can be.
(b) A masterpiece.
(c) Great.
(d) A new beginning.

4. What is more important to Coach Wooden than receiving honors?
(a) Friendships.
(b) Playing well.
(c) His players receiving honors.
(d) Championships.

5. What did Coach Wooden always carry in his wallet?
(a) A note from his dad.
(b) A picture of his wife.
(c) His player's names.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Coach Wooden show his players how to do every year?

2. What took Wooden away from his home in 1943?

3. Coach Wooden believed that his most successful players were not successful because of skill but because of what?

4. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?

5. When Kareem joined the team, what was Coach Wooden working towards?

(see the answer key)

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