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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Wooden save up money so he and Nellie could get married?
(a) He worked in the athletic department.
(b) He played pro basketball.
(c) He sold his car.
(d) He took extra shifts waiting tables.

2. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?
(a) Several conversations with Nellie.
(b) Several conversations with Coach Curtis.
(c) Several conversations with his brother, Cat.
(d) Several conversations with his father.

3. When Wooden served in the military in Georgia, what was his duty?
(a) To teach enlisted men how to play basketball.
(b) To teach classes in physical fitness.
(c) To enter data received from the war front.
(d) To account for liquor.

4. Where was Coach Wooden's first college coaching job?
(a) UCLA.
(b) The University of Alabama.
(c) The University of Indiana.
(d) Indiana State University.

5. Veterans who wanted to go to college after the war could go at the military's expense. This was called the what?
(a) G.I. Bill
(b) Military College Act.
(c) Education for Veterans Bill.
(d) Veteran College Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Wooden replace as coach at Indiana State?

2. As a child, what did Coach Wooden stuff with rags to make a ball?

3. Many of the players on Wooden's first college team has also been what?

4. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?

5. In what year did Coach Wooden move back to Indiana?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Coach Wooden's duties and pay when he got his first high-school coaching job in Dayton.

2. How did Coach Wooden feel about money?

3. In Chapter 1, Coach Wooden says that Jack Hirsch was a bully, but he later realized Jack was lacking in confidence. Why do people who lack confidence sometimes bully?

4. Describe Coach Wooden and Nellie's relationship throughout their high-school years.

5. Explain how Coach Wooden earned money while in college.

6. Describe Coach Wooden's team his first year at Indiana State University.

7. Describe Wooden's relationship with his high-school coach Glenn Curtis.

8. Describe how Coach Wooden learned to play basketball as a child.

9. In Chapter 1, did Coach Wooden made the right decision by pulling Fred Slaughter from the championship game?

10. What basketball rule caused Nellie and Coach Wooden to break up several times? Was this a good rule?

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