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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Which player replaced the player who was removed by Coach Wooden from the championship game?
(a) Walt Hazzard.
(b) Fred Slaughter.
(c) Doug McIntosh.
(d) Gail Goodrich.

7. 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) A conversation he has with Fred Slaughter after a game.
(c) Making it to the NCAA championship game for the first time.
(d) Receiving his job at UCLA.

8. Why did Coach Wooden get upset with his high-school basketball coach, Glenn Curtis?
(a) He didn't agree with Coach Curtis' game philosophy.
(b) He thought Coach Curtis was disrespectful to the players.
(c) He felt like Coach Curtis didn't give his brother a chance.
(d) He didn't like the way Coach Curtis ran practice.

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

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

11. Who was the talented leader of the UCLA team's defense?
(a) Doug McIntosh.
(b) Kenny Washington.
(c) Keith Erickson.
(d) Fred Slaughter.

12. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?
(a) He was mad at his fellow teammates.
(b) He was angry because he didn't get to play.
(c) He was happy because the team won.
(d) He was depressed because his family came to watch him.

13. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?
(a) A new beginning.
(b) A masterpiece.
(c) Great.
(d) The best day it can be.

14. Coach Lambert taught his players movement by design instead of what?
(a) Memorizing moves.
(b) Repeated patterns.
(c) Precise rebounds.
(d) Exact dribbling.

15. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?
(a) If he breaks curfew, he loses the scholarship.
(b) If he misses practice, he loses the scholarship.
(c) If he doesn't play basketball well, he loses the scholarship.
(d) If his grades are low, he loses the scholarship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides coaching at the high-school level, what class did Coach Wooden teach?

2. Why did Coach Wooden reject an offer to play at the NAIA tournament in Kansas City?

3. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?

4. When Coach Wooden describes himself and Nellie, what does he say?

5. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?

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