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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Coach Wooden's players lost, what were they not allowed to do?
(a) Leave the locker room until he spoke with them.
(b) Be hard on themselves.
(c) Hug each other.
(d) Hang their heads.

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

3. What did Coach Wooden abandon when he realized it does not influence the players?
(a) Tedious drills.
(b) His playbook.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Extra practices.

4. How long did it take for Coach Wooden's practice changes to take affect?
(a) One year.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

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

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

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

8. What did Coach Wooden learn from Notre Dame football coach Frank Leahy?
(a) Recruiting skills.
(b) How to keep players.
(c) Organizational skills.
(d) How to motivate players.

9. What question would Coach Wooden never answer?
(a) What are your secrets to success?
(b) Who was your favorite player?
(c) Who was your best player?
(d) How much money do you make?

10. Who did Coach Wooden say was one of his most successful players?
(a) Fred Slaughter.
(b) Kenny Washington.
(c) Walter Alston.
(d) Doug McIntosh.

11. What did players often come to Coach Wooden wearing that were too big?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Headbands.
(d) Socks.

12. In order for players to give their best, Coach says they must be composed, self-controlled, and have what?
(a) Faith.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Skills.
(d) Endurance.

13. Coach Wooden believed that his most successful players were not successful because of skill but because of what?
(a) Practice.
(b) Upbringing.
(c) Persistence.
(d) Perseverance.

14. What did Coach Wooden do six or seven times over his career at UCLA?
(a) Evaluated his staff of assistant coaches.
(b) Evaluated his playbook.
(c) Evaluated what kept his team from winning.
(d) Evaluated his coaching techniques.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Coach Wooden, what did Kareem personify?

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

3. While on vacation, what did Coach Wooden decide to give up for good?

4. What tournament did Coach Wooden dream of his players being in?

5. What is Coach Wooden's basic idea of success?

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