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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Coach Wooden try to get out of his contract with UCLA?
(a) To accept a lucrative offer at Purdue.
(b) To accept a position as an assistant coach of a professional team.
(c) He did not like the other coaches.
(d) His family wanted to move back to Indiana.

2. Which of the following is not a key concept in Coach Wooden's idea of success?
(a) Faith.
(b) Fight.
(c) Team spirit.
(d) Frugality.

3. According to coach, when are 90% of basketball games won?
(a) In the first quarter.
(b) In the first ten minutes.
(c) By half time.
(d) In the last five seconds.

4. What is Coach Wooden's basic idea of success?
(a) Earning enough money to do what you want in life.
(b) Doing better than you did in the past.
(c) Meeting all your predetermined goals.
(d) Peace of mind in knowing you did your best.

5. Why did Coach Wooden like to have a different combination of players playing together during practice?
(a) So players would become friends with each other.
(b) So players would get over their prejudices.
(c) So players would be used to playing with each other during the game.
(d) So players appreciate team members.

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

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

8. What did Coach Wooden want his players to believe the worse punishment was?
(a) Being kicked off the team.
(b) Being banned from a game.
(c) Being banned from practice.
(d) Watching from the bench, but not being allowed to play.

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

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

11. What kind of comments did Kareem receive from the press?
(a) Mostly comments about his skill.
(b) Mostly comments about his race.
(c) Mostly comments about his family.
(d) Mostly comments about his poor attitude.

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

13. Why was Kareem the only player allowed to rest in the training room from time to time during practice?
(a) He suffered from migraines.
(b) He needed therapy for a knee injury.
(c) He had young children at home that kept him up at night.
(d) He had a sleeping disorder.

14. When some players showed up clearly breaking the haircut rule, what did Coach Wooden do?
(a) Made fun of them.
(b) Removed them from the team.
(c) Made them cut their hair in the training room.
(d) Required them to put their hair back during a game.

15. When did Coach Wooden start searching for his own definition of success?
(a) In high school.
(b) As a high school coach.
(c) As a young boy.
(d) As a college coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did UCLA win their first NCAA championship?

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

3. Coach Wooden believes that no coach should be trusted with the responsibility of a team unless he is what?

4. Coach Wooden emphasizes that players are only as good as their what?

5. In a game, what did Coach Wooden never want his team to do first?

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