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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 big the fan base was.
(b) How horrible the team was.
(c) How much money the assistant coaches received.
(d) How many great players he had.

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

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

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

5. From whom did Coach Wooden learn his managerial skills?
(a) His father.
(b) Frank Leahy.
(c) Walter Alston.
(d) Nellie.

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 high school coach.
(d) As a college coach.

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

8. Coach Wooden believes that no coach should be trusted with the responsibility of a team unless he is what?
(a) Spiritually strong.
(b) An excellent player himself.
(c) Ready to disciple when necessary.
(d) Ready to accept losing as much as winning.

9. In Coach Wooden's first year coaching at UCLA, how did the team do?
(a) They lost more games than they won.
(b) They made it to the national championships.
(c) They made it to the local playoffs.
(d) They made it to the southern division finals.

10. What was Coach Wooden's job at First Christian Church in Santa Monica?
(a) Sunday School Teacher.
(b) Elder.
(c) Deacon.
(d) Assistant Pastor.

11. According to Coach Wooden, what did Kareem personify?
(a) Poise.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Talent.
(d) Confidence.

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

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

14. 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 to use them solely for the teams he coached.
(c) He wanted them to be used as a teaching tool.
(d) He wanted to leave them to his children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to coach, when are 90% of basketball games won?

3. How long did it take for Coach Wooden's practice changes to take affect?

4. What did Coach Wooden discover made his team tired at tournament time?

5. Who did Coach Wooden say was one of his most successful players?

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