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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. Why did Wooden stay a coach when he could have earned much more money as a professional player?
(a) He loved the young people he coached.
(b) His wife didn't want him to play professionally.
(c) He didn't get any professional offers.
(d) He was getting too old to play professional basketball.

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

3. What coaching concept applied by Coach Curtis did Coach Wooden disagree with?
(a) Firing up the team emotionally before a game.
(b) Giving all the players a fair chance to play.
(c) Becoming friends with the players.
(d) Sitting those who missed practice on the bench.

4. In what year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, drawing the US into World War II?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1950.

5. In Chapter 1, who did Coach Wooden remove from the championship game because he was having an off night?
(a) Doug McIntosh.
(b) Walt Hazzard.
(c) Jack Hirsch.
(d) Fred Slaughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Wooden to return to his high-school basketball team after he walked off the team?

2. Veterans who wanted to go to college after the war could go at the military's expense. This was called the what?

3. Why did Coach Wooden get upset with his high-school basketball coach, Glenn Curtis?

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

5. What became known as Wooden's "good luck piece" during games at Purdue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why didn't Coach Wooden seek a career as a professional basketball player?

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

6. Did Fred Slaughter respect Coach Wooden?

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

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

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

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

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