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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Taking an injured player to the hospital.
(d) Kicking a player off the team for having a bad attitude.

2. 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.

3. What did Wooden do after the war?
(a) Played for a professional basketball team.
(b) Returned to his old coaching position in South Bend.
(c) Stayed in the military, training men for battle.
(d) Found a new job at a high school in Georgia.

4. What became known as Wooden's "good luck piece" during games at Purdue?
(a) A key tied to his shoe.
(b) A necklace from his mother.
(c) Socks with green trim.
(d) A picture of Nellie in his pocket.

5. Where was Coach Wooden's first college coaching job?
(a) UCLA.
(b) The University of Indiana.
(c) Indiana State University.
(d) The University of Alabama.

6. In Chapter 1, who did Coach Wooden remove from the championship game because he was having an off night?
(a) Doug McIntosh.
(b) Walt Hazzard.
(c) Jack Hirsch.
(d) Fred Slaughter.

7. What did Coach Wooden's high-school coach prohibit his players from doing during basketball season?
(a) Dating.
(b) Getting a job.
(c) Missing practice.
(d) Failing a class.

8. 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 family.
(d) He feels like they are prideful.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Where was Wooden's first high-school coaching job?
(a) Martinsville High School.
(b) South Bend High School.
(c) Springfield High School.
(d) Dayton High School.

13. When Coach Wooden was a child, what was his first basketball hoop made out of?
(a) A bucket.
(b) An old tire.
(c) A tomato basket.
(d) A hallowed out piece of wood.

14. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each game when he was a coach?
(a) He whistled at her.
(b) He introduced her to the crowd.
(c) He winked at her.
(d) He waved at her with his rolled up program.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?

3. What made Coach Wooden want to enlist in the military?

4. Most of Coach Wooden's college players were what?

5. According to Coach Wooden, Coach Lambert coached based on what?

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