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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 spend so much time with children.
(b) Where else could I influence young people?
(c) Where else could I help children learn?
(d) Where else could I find more splendid company?

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

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

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

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

6. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?
(a) Several conversations with Coach Curtis.
(b) Several conversations with his brother, Cat.
(c) Several conversations with Nellie.
(d) Several conversations with his father.

7. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?
(a) His bank defaulted.
(b) He misplaced it.
(c) It was stolen.
(d) He loaned it to a friend who never paid him back.

8. Which player did Coach Wooden discover was lacking in confidence?
(a) Jack Hirsch.
(b) Walt Hazzard.
(c) Fred Slaughter.
(d) Doug McIntosh.

9. 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 sold his car.
(d) He played pro basketball.

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

11. Why didn't Wooden go overseas while in the military?
(a) He was not qualified.
(b) Japan surrendered before he shipped out.
(c) He was better at helping other soldiers than fighting.
(d) There were too many soldiers overseas and not enough stateside.

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

13. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He taught at Coach's school.
(c) He worked at a restaurant.
(d) He gave massages.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the war, what was difficult for Coach Wooden's family to find in South Bend?

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

3. What became known as Wooden's "good luck piece" during games at Purdue?

4. Coach Lambert taught his players movement by design instead of what?

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

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