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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) Missing practice.
(b) Dating.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Failing a class.

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

3. According to Coach Wooden, a true athlete should have what?
(a) Talent.
(b) Character.
(c) Principles.
(d) Skill.

4. In what year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, drawing the US into World War II?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1941.

5. How did Nellie and Wooden celebrate after their wedding ceremony?
(a) They went to dinner and a concert.
(b) They moved into their apartment.
(c) They went to an expensive hotel.
(d) They went to dinner and dancing.

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

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

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

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

10. Veterans who wanted to go to college after the war could go at the military's expense. This was called the what?
(a) Education for Veterans Bill.
(b) Military College Act.
(c) Veteran College Bill.
(d) G.I. Bill

11. Where did Wooden go the morning after his wedding?
(a) To a basketball clinic.
(b) To basketball practice.
(c) To help his coach recruit new players.
(d) To look for a job.

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

13. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1974.

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

15. What prevented Wooden from fulfilling his position in the South Pacific?
(a) Nellie's sickness.
(b) An appendectomy.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A new assignment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part-time job did Wooden have when he started college?

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

3. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each game when he was a coach?

4. What did Coach Wooden's brother do to him as a child that make him very angry?

5. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?

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