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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. After Wooden and Nellie got married, how much money a week did Wooden make working with Coach Curtis?
(a) $500.
(b) $100.
(c) $25.
(d) $250.

2. How did Wooden supplement his income?
(a) By running basketball training camps in the summer.
(b) By waiting tables on the weekend.
(c) By selling sports stories to the local newspaper.
(d) By playing pro basketball on the weekends.

3. What part-time job did Wooden have when he started college?
(a) Waiting tables and washing dishes.
(b) Working in the college's laundry room.
(c) Cooking in a local restaurant.
(d) A groundskeeper.

4. Which player did Coach Wooden discover was lacking in confidence?
(a) Walt Hazzard.
(b) Jack Hirsch.
(c) Fred Slaughter.
(d) Doug McIntosh.

5. What rank was Coach Wooden called to serve at once he enlisted?
(a) Commander.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Petty officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other sport did high-school player Eddie play that Coach Wooden mistakenly thought was a better fit for him?

2. After Coach Wooden's first high-school coaching job, where did he move for his second high-school coaching job?

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

4. What did Coach Wooden's high-school coach prohibit his players from doing during basketball season?

5. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Coach Wooden remain a high-school basketball coach?

2. In Chapter 1, Coach Wooden removes Walt Hazzard from several games for showing off. Why is showing off a negative thing?

3. Describe the incident in Chapter 2 between Coach Wooden and his brother and the impact it had on Coach.

4. In Chapter 8, Coach Wooden says that coaches can sometimes be subconsciously influenced by their players. What does he mean by this?

5. How did Coach Wooden come to have a "good luck charm"?

6. Explain what happened between Coach Wooden and one of his South Bend students named Eddie.

7. In Chapter 1, how did Coach Wooden react when he saw Kenny Washington crying in the locker room due to homesickness? Do you think his reaction was right?

8. In Chapter 2, where did Coach meet Nellie and why did he like her?

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

10. Describe Keith Erickson.

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