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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Coach Wooden most surprised about when he began coaching at UCLA?
(a) How many great players he had.
(b) How big the fan base was.
(c) How horrible the team was.
(d) How much money the assistant coaches received.

2. Why were Kareem's teammates jealous of him?
(a) People wanted his autograph.
(b) He came from a wealthy family.
(c) Coach Wooden said he was his favorite player.
(d) He scored most of the points during games.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Coach Wooden say about new comer Sidney Wicks the first year he played?
(a) He was instrumental in winning the next title.
(b) He was too cocky to be successful.
(c) He could not live up to Kareem's skill level.
(d) He was like a son to him.

10. Coach Wooden believes there are no failures, just what?
(a) Disappointments.
(b) Poor choices.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Wrong paths.

11. Why didn't Coach Wooden sell his ideas of success like many people urged him to do?
(a) He couldn't find a publisher.
(b) He wanted them to be used as a teaching tool.
(c) He wanted to use them solely for the teams he coached.
(d) He wanted to leave them to his children.

12. When did most of Coach Wooden's conversations with his players take place?
(a) On the court during practice.
(b) During weekly team meetings.
(c) In the locker room during half time.
(d) In the locker room after a game.

13. In what year did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announce he would play for UCLA?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1967.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Kareem and several other superstars graduated, what did Coach Wooden want his team to become?

3. Coach Wooden's pastor used to be his what?

4. Why was Kareem the only player allowed to rest in the training room from time to time during practice?

5. Coach Wooden taught his players that basketball was...?

(see the answer keys)

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