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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tournament did Coach Wooden lead his ISU players to?
(a) NACB.
(b) NAIA.
(c) NCA.
(d) NCAA.

2. Why did Coach Wooden say that assistant coaches are so important?
(a) They spend more one-on-one time with the players.
(b) They were players themselves not too long ago.
(c) They worked more for the love of the game then for money.
(d) They were another set of eyes.

3. Coach Wooden disagreed with coaches who told their players to...?
(a) Practice the night before a game.
(b) Put basketball before studying.
(c) Not date during basketball season.
(d) Give 110%.

4. What was the given name of the player that would become known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
(a) Scott Burkholder.
(b) Walter Boyce.
(c) Lewis Alcindor.
(d) Billy Thomas.

5. While on vacation, what did Coach Wooden decide to give up for good?
(a) Swearing.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Eating junk food.

6. Instead of individuals or positions, what does Coach Wooden suggest his team members be?
(a) Plays in the playbook.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Units.
(d) A team.

7. How did Coach Wooden learn to treat his players from LA Dodgers manager Walter Alston?
(a) Like doves.
(b) Like lions.
(c) Like scorpions.
(d) Like bears.

8. What gave Kareem vertical double vision during one game?
(a) A slight concussion.
(b) A medication he was taking.
(c) A scratched eye.
(d) Wearing the wrong glasses.

9. In the majority of games, what percentage did Kareem shoot?
(a) 50%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 100%.

10. What did Coach Wooden develop to teach his ideas of success?
(a) John Wooden's Pyramid of Success.
(b) John Wooden's Coaching Success Manual.
(c) John Wooden's Sucess Model.
(d) John Wooden's Ten Steps to Success.

11. Coach Wooden says that failure is not what?
(a) Possible.
(b) The end.
(c) Fatal.
(d) An option.

12. What did Coach Wooden show his players how to do every year?
(a) Properly wear a jersey.
(b) Properly encourage a teammate.
(c) Properly put on socks.
(d) Properly make a lay up.

13. What major change did Coach Wooden make in his practices that improved the team's NCAA finals.?
(a) Letting players run some practices.
(b) Adding more scrimmages.
(c) Shortening the length of practices.
(d) Allowing more team members to play together.

14. As Coach Wooden's children grew up and had their own children, what did they make sure they still did?
(a) Eat dinner together every Friday.
(b) Get together for Christmas.
(c) Attend all their father's games.
(d) Spend Sunday afternoons together.

15. What place did Coach Wooden's team end up in the tournament in his second year as ISU?
(a) Fifth.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Last.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1966, where did the UCLA team start playing?

2. When Kareem joined the team, what was Coach Wooden working towards?

3. Why did Coach Wooden require his players to wear the same practice uniform every time they practiced?

4. Why were Kareem's teammates jealous of him?

5. Which of the following is not a key concept in Coach Wooden's idea of success?

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