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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. What made Coach Wooden want to enlist in the military?
(a) His father's legacy.
(b) Ther Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
(c) He had lost his coaching job.
(d) Nellie's insistence that the pay was good.

2. As a child, what did Coach Wooden stuff with rags to make a ball?
(a) His mother's hosiery.
(b) His brother's overalls.
(c) His father's old shirt.
(d) Strips of cloth left over from his mom's sewing.

3. Why did Coach Wooden remove Walt Hazzard from several games?
(a) Because he yelled at the referees.
(b) Because he showed off on the court.
(c) Because he did not get along with the other players.
(d) Because he made too many fouls.

4. Coach Lambert also taught Coach Wooden to play his own game and let the opponents what?
(a) Figure it out.
(b) Follow.
(c) Lose.
(d) Worry about your next move.

5. Coach Wooden's father told his to "drink deeply from good books, especially ..."
(a) His basketball play book.
(b) The dictionary,
(c) The bible.
(d) His college textbooks.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Because of an incident between Coach Wooden and his brother as children, what did he vow never to do?

5. Where would Coach have stayed if it were up to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Once enlisted in the military, what stopped Coach Wooden from serving overseas?

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

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

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

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

7. What caused Coach Wooden to enlist in the military?

8. How did Coach Wooden feel about money?

9. Describe Keith Erickson.

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

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