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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 did Coach Wooden want his players to believe the worse punishment was?
(a) Being banned from practice.
(b) Being kicked off the team.
(c) Watching from the bench, but not being allowed to play.
(d) Being banned from a game.

2. Coach Lambert also taught Coach Wooden to play his own game and let the opponents what?
(a) Worry about your next move.
(b) Follow.
(c) Figure it out.
(d) Lose.

3. Why did Coach Wooden reject an offer to play at the NAIA tournament in Kansas City?
(a) He would not be allowed to bring his whole team.
(b) He would not be allowed to chaperon the team in the dorms.
(c) He would not be allowed to bring a black player.
(d) He would not be allowed to use his own playbook.

4. Why did Wooden stay a coach when he could have earned much more money as a professional player?
(a) He was getting too old to play professional basketball.
(b) His wife didn't want him to play professionally.
(c) He didn't get any professional offers.
(d) He loved the young people he coached.

5. How long did it take for Coach Wooden's practice changes to take affect?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Coach Wooden say was one of his most successful players?

2. According to Coach Wooden, what did Kareem have in addition to great basketball skills?

3. How many free throws did a player have to make at practice in order to play in the scrimmages?

4. Besides coaching at the high-school level, what class did Coach Wooden teach?

5. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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