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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who encouraged Coach Wooden to wait until after college to marry Nellie?
(a) His coach.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Nellie's mother.

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

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

5. According to Coach Wooden, Coach Lambert coached based on what?
(a) The ability of his players.
(b) The playbook provided to him.
(c) The plays made by the opposing team.
(d) The moves he learned as a player.

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

7. When Walt Hazzard played in a game, he liked to stand out by doing which of the following?
(a) Getting the rebounds.
(b) Fancy dribbling.
(c) Making three point shots.
(d) Scoring the majority of the points.

8. Who eventually became principal and superintendent of Martinsville Schools?
(a) Coach Wooden.
(b) Nellie Wooden.
(c) Coach Curtis.
(d) Cat Wooden.

9. What coaching concept applied by Coach Curtis did Coach Wooden disagree with?
(a) Firing up the team emotionally before a game.
(b) Becoming friends with the players.
(c) Sitting those who missed practice on the bench.
(d) Giving all the players a fair chance to play.

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

11. After Coach Wooden's first high-school coaching job, where did he move for his second high-school coaching job?
(a) South Bend.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Dayton.
(d) Omaha.

12. Where did Wooden attend college?
(a) Purdue.
(b) Indiana State.
(c) University of Alabama.
(d) UCLA.

13. Wooden learned that students who do what, can get free tuition?
(a) Make the dean's list.
(b) Have at least a B average.
(c) Have parents who are alumni.
(d) Play on the basketball team.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Wooden go the morning after his wedding?

2. In what year did Wooden start college?

3. During many games, Coach Wooden told Jack Hirsch to stop acting like a what?

4. According to Coach Wooden, a true athlete should have what?

5. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?

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