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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many of the players on Wooden's first college team has also been what?
(a) Players on the college baseball team.
(b) Players on his high-school team.
(c) Raised on a farm.
(d) Married at a young age.

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

3. Before his senior year, who was Wooden recruited by?
(a) UCLA.
(b) University of Indiana.
(c) US Military Academy at West Point.
(d) Harvard.

4. Besides coaching at the high-school level, what class did Coach Wooden teach?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) Geography.
(d) Science.

5. What does Coach Wooden say a coach often feels about his players?
(a) He feels like they are the number one priority.
(b) He feels like they are too time consuming.
(c) He feels like they are prideful.
(d) He feels like they are family.

6. Because of an incident between Coach Wooden and his brother as children, what did he vow never to do?
(a) Get into a fight.
(b) Lie.
(c) Hurt someone's feelings.
(d) Swear.

7. Wooden was told to report to the U.S.S. Franklin in the South Pacific to serve in what position?
(a) Deck hand.
(b) Special operations.
(c) Fitness officer.
(d) Cook.

8. Most of Coach Wooden's college players were what?
(a) African Americans.
(b) Inexperienced.
(c) Veterans.
(d) Older.

9. How did Wooden feel about money as a high-school student?
(a) He spent everything he made.
(b) He did not have money in high school.
(c) He was mad because he had to give it all to his father.
(d) He worked hard for it and managed it well.

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

11. What did Coach Wooden tell Kenny Washington when he catches Kenny crying because he is homesick?
(a) It is okay to be homesick.
(b) Shape up or ship out.
(c) Basketball players do not cry.
(d) Go call your mom.

12. Why did Coach Wooden remove Walt Hazzard from several games?
(a) Because he yelled at the referees.
(b) Because he made too many fouls.
(c) Because he did not get along with the other players.
(d) Because he showed off on the court.

13. What made team forward Keith Erickson very upset during games?
(a) If he didn't get the opportunity to score.
(b) If he made a foul.
(c) If the referee made a bad call.
(d) If Coach Wooden yelled at him.

14. In what year of Coach Wooden's college coaching experience, did his team win their conference title?
(a) His third year.
(b) His second year.
(c) His fifth year.
(d) His first year.

15. Who stopped Walt Hazzard from quitting the team?
(a) Fred Slaughter.
(b) His father.
(c) Coach Wooden.
(d) His teammates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each game when he was a coach?

2. When Wooden served in the military in Georgia, what was his duty?

3. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?

4. After Coach Wooden's first high-school coaching job, where did he move for his second high-school coaching job?

5. How did Wooden save up money so he and Nellie could get married?

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