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

3. In what year did Coach Wooden move back to Indiana?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1930.

4. What does Wooden say that many coaches and players develop during their career?
(a) Health problems.
(b) Family problems.
(c) Bad habits.
(d) Superstitions.

5. What moment does Coach Wooden refer to as "the peak" of his career?
(a) A conversation he has with Fred Slaughter after a game.
(b) Watching Walt Hazzard score the winning basket at a champanionship game.
(c) Receiving his job at UCLA.
(d) Making it to the NCAA championship game for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Coach Wooden reject an offer to play at the NAIA tournament in Kansas City?

2. Which player replaced the player who was removed by Coach Wooden from the championship game?

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

4. Where did Coach Wooden spot future guard Gail Goodrich playing basketball?

5. When the Wooden family moved to Martinsville, what did Coach Wooden's father do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Keith Erickson.

4. 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?

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

6. Did Fred Slaughter respect Coach Wooden?

7. What caused Coach Wooden to take his first college teaching position?

8. Explain Coach Lambert's coaching philosophy.

9. Why didn't Coach Wooden and Nellie have enough money for the wedding they had planned?

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

(see the answer keys)

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