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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Coach Wooden have the worse record of his career?
(a) Dayton High School.
(b) UCLA.
(c) South Bend High School.
(d) Indiana State.

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. Coach Wooden's pastor used to be his what?
(a) Teammate at Purdue.
(b) Player at South Bend.
(c) Classmate in Martinsville.
(d) Player at ISU.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Why did Coach Wooden choose UCLA as the second college to coach at?
(a) The college he really wanted didn't call on time.
(b) His family wanted to move to the warm weather.
(c) It was his dream coaching position.
(d) UCLA was his biggest rival as a player.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Coach Wooden's children grew up and had their own children, what did they make sure they still did?

3. Coach Wooden says that failure is not what?

4. What were the facilities like at UCLA?

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

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