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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Coach Wooden's brother do to him as a child that make him very angry?
(a) Locked him in the barn.
(b) Pushed him in the pond.
(c) Flipped manure on him.
(d) Punched him in the stomach.

3. Coach Wooden's father told his to "drink deeply from good books, especially ..."
(a) His basketball play book.
(b) The dictionary,
(c) His college textbooks.
(d) The bible.

4. In what year did Coach Wooden move back to Indiana?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1945.

5. In Coach's favorite poem, "They Ask Me Why I Teach," what was the answer to the author's question?
(a) Where else could I influence young people?
(b) Where else could I find more splendid company?
(c) Where else could I spend so much time with children.
(d) Where else could I help children learn?

6. As a child, what did Coach Wooden stuff with rags to make a ball?
(a) His brother's overalls.
(b) His father's old shirt.
(c) Strips of cloth left over from his mom's sewing.
(d) His mother's hosiery.

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

8. When Wooden served in the military in Georgia, what was his duty?
(a) To teach enlisted men how to play basketball.
(b) To enter data received from the war front.
(c) To account for liquor.
(d) To teach classes in physical fitness.

9. Why did Nellie and Coach Wooden break up several times during high school?
(a) Her father did not like him.
(b) She wanted to go out dancing and he couldn't.
(c) They argued a lot.
(d) His friends did not like her.

10. 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) Lose.
(d) Figure it out.

11. In what year did Wooden start college?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1918.

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

13. After the war, what was difficult for Coach Wooden's family to find in South Bend?
(a) Kind neighbors.
(b) Affordable housing.
(c) A job for Nellie.
(d) Adequate schools.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who loaned Wooden some money for his wedding?

2. Veterans who wanted to go to college after the war could go at the military's expense. This was called the what?

3. When Walt Hazzard played in a game, he liked to stand out by doing which of the following?

4. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each high-school game?

5. What does Wooden say that many coaches and players develop during their career?

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