View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many titles did the team win while Kareem was a player?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When Kareem joined the team, what was Coach Wooden working towards?
(a) A third consecutive championship.
(b) The team's first championship.
(c) A second consecutive championship.
(d) A fourth consecutive championship.

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

10. Why did Kareem get extra juice at breakfast when the other players did not?
(a) Because he was bigger.
(b) Because he could not drink milk.
(c) Because he had a vitamin C deficiency.
(d) Because he didn't eat any food.

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

12. According to Coach Wooden, what is it possible for a player to gain?
(a) A perfect practice record.
(b) Four consecutive titles.
(c) A perfect foul shot record.
(d) Individual stardom and team success.

13. According to Coach Wooden, what did Kareem have in addition to great basketball skills?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) People skills.
(c) A lot of money.
(d) A great sense of humor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Coach Wooden choose UCLA as the second college to coach at?

2. What place did Coach Wooden's team end up in the tournament in his second year as ISU?

3. What gave Kareem vertical double vision during one game?

4. What state did Kareem come from in order to play for UCLA?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 534 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample