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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Coach Wooden say a coach often feels about his players?
(a) He feels like they are prideful.
(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 family.

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

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

4. Who first noticed Wooden's "good luck charm"?
(a) A sports reporter.
(b) Nellie.
(c) A recruiter.
(d) Coach Lambert.

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

6. Why did Coach Wooden's family move to Martinsville?
(a) Because they lost their farm.
(b) Because Coach Wooden's dad got a new job.
(c) Because they found a bigger farm.
(d) Because Coach Wooden wanted to play at a different high school.

7. 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) Kicking a player off the team for having a bad attitude.
(c) Pulling a star player out of the championship game.
(d) Taking an injured player to the hospital.

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

9. Who does Coach Wooden refer to as a "team leader"?
(a) Walt Hazzard.
(b) Fred Slaughter.
(c) Gail Goodrich.
(d) Willie Haulls.

10. What moment does Coach Wooden refer to as "the peak" of his career?
(a) Watching Walt Hazzard score the winning basket at a champanionship game.
(b) Receiving his job at UCLA.
(c) A conversation he has with Fred Slaughter after a game.
(d) Making it to the NCAA championship game for the first time.

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

12. Where would Coach have stayed if it were up to him?
(a) Dayton.
(b) Purdue.
(c) Martinsville.
(d) South Bend.

13. After Wooden and Nellie got married, how much money a week did Wooden make working with Coach Curtis?
(a) $100.
(b) $25.
(c) $250.
(d) $500.

14. 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 showed off on the court.
(d) Because he made too many fouls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which player replaced the player who was removed by Coach Wooden from the championship game?

2. Who encouraged Coach Wooden to wait until after college to marry Nellie?

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

4. What did Coach Wooden always carry in his wallet?

5. One of Wooden's favorite quotes says, "do not let what you can't do interfere with...?

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