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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Doug McIntosh feel when Coach Wooden pulled him from the championship game?

3. In what year did Wooden start college?

4. What signal did Coach Wooden give to Nellie before each game when he was a coach?

5. When Walt Hazzard played in a game, he liked to stand out by doing which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Fred Slaughter respect Coach Wooden?

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

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

4. Describe Coach Wooden and Nellie's wedding.

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

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

7. Explain Coach Lambert's coaching philosophy.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the book, the theme of unity on a team is repeated several times.

Part 1) Write about how Coach Wooden would build unity on his teams. Use specific examples from the book.

Part 2) Write about the benefits of learning unity and what other areas of life the lesson of unity can be applied to.

Essay Topic 2

There are several occasions in the book where Coach Wooden discusses removing players from a game or practice for different reasons.

Part 1) Compare the different occasions and reasons. How are they similar? How are they different?

Part 2) Do you think Coach was right or wrong in each of these occasions. Why?

Part 3) Do Coach's decisions make the players better players? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Coach Wooden had two sides to his coaching. One side is practical, such as instructing the students in how to put on socks, the other side is mental, such as teaching them to not show emotion if they win or lose. Write about both sides of Coach Wooden's coaching using specific examples from the book.

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