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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coach Wooden teaches his players it isn't what you do, it's...?
(a) What you dream of doing.
(b) How you do it.
(c) How much money you make.
(d) The way you do it.

2. What promise did Coach Wooden make to Eddie, a young member of his South Bend team?
(a) To remove him from the team if his attitude does not change.
(b) To buy his parents tickets to the game if they go to championships.
(c) To start him in the next game.
(d) To practice his free throws with him everyday.

3. In what year did Coach Wooden enlist in the military?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1950.

4. While on vacation, what did Coach Wooden decide to give up for good?
(a) Swearing.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Eating junk food.
(d) Gambling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Coach Wooden believes there are no failures, just what?

2. Why did Coach Wooden decide to stay at UCLA even after his contract expired?

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

4. Coach Wooden's father told his to "drink deeply from good books, especially ..."

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

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