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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides coaching at the high-school level, what class did Coach Wooden teach?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) Geography.

2. What did Coach Wooden's brother do to him as a child that make him very angry?
(a) Flipped manure on him.
(b) Punched him in the stomach.
(c) Pushed him in the pond.
(d) Locked him in the barn.

3. Wooden was told to report to the U.S.S. Franklin in the South Pacific to serve in what position?
(a) Deck hand.
(b) Fitness officer.
(c) Special operations.
(d) Cook.

4. In what year did Coach Wooden enlist in the military?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1945.

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

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

7. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each high-school game?
(a) He gave her the okay sign.
(b) He winked at her.
(c) He waved at her.
(d) He blew her a kiss.

8. Why did Nellie and Coach Wooden break up several times during high school?
(a) Her father did not like him.
(b) His friends did not like her.
(c) They argued a lot.
(d) She wanted to go out dancing and he couldn't.

9. What took Wooden away from his home in 1943?
(a) World War II.
(b) A family crisis.
(c) An offer to play professional basketball.
(d) Another job.

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

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

12. Many of the players on Wooden's first college team has also been what?
(a) Married at a young age.
(b) Players on his high-school team.
(c) Players on the college baseball team.
(d) Raised on a farm.

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

14. Coach Wooden's father told his to "drink deeply from good books, especially ..."
(a) The dictionary,
(b) His college textbooks.
(c) The bible.
(d) His basketball play book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the talented leader of the UCLA team's defense?

2. Who stopped Walt Hazzard from quitting the team?

3. At his first high-school coaching job, what was Coach Wooden's salary?

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

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

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