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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. In Coach's favorite poem, "They Ask Me Why I Teach," what was the answer to the author's question?
(a) Where else could I find more splendid company?
(b) Where else could I help children learn?
(c) Where else could I influence young people?
(d) Where else could I spend so much time with children.

2. Which player replaced the player who was removed by Coach Wooden from the championship game?
(a) Fred Slaughter.
(b) Walt Hazzard.
(c) Doug McIntosh.
(d) Gail Goodrich.

3. Doug McIntosh was at UCLA on a make good scholarship. What does this mean?
(a) If he doesn't play basketball well, he loses the scholarship.
(b) If he misses practice, he loses the scholarship.
(c) If his grades are low, he loses the scholarship.
(d) If he breaks curfew, he loses the scholarship.

4. Who encouraged Coach Wooden to wait until after college to marry Nellie?
(a) His mother.
(b) His coach.
(c) Nellie's mother.
(d) His father.

5. After Coach Wooden's first high-school coaching job, where did he move for his second high-school coaching job?
(a) Omaha.
(b) South Bend.
(c) Dayton.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Coach Wooden meet his future wife, Nellie?

2. Where was freshman player Kenny Washington from?

3. Why did Wooden stay a coach when he could have earned much more money as a professional player?

4. Coach Wooden's father told him to make each day what?

5. What did Coach Wooden tell Kenny Washington when he catches Kenny crying because he is homesick?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss some of the advice Coach Wooden's father gave him in his elementary graduation letter.

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

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

5. What is the meaning of this quote by Coach Wooden, "the true athlete should have character, not be a character"?

6. Explain the offer Coach Wooden received between his junior and senior year at Purdue, including the outcome.

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

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

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

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

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