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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. In what year did Coach Wooden's UCLA team win the NCAA championship game?

2. In Coach's favorite poem, "They Ask Me Why I Teach," what was the answer to the author's question?

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

4. What took Wooden away from his home in 1943?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain Coach Lambert's coaching philosophy.

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

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

9. Why didn't Coach Wooden remain a high-school basketball coach?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Wooden describes one of the most gratifying moment of his career as being when a reporter asks one of his player about racial issues on the team and the players responds by saying, "Coach doesn't see color."

Part 1) Explain what the player meant by this statement.

Part 2) Give specific examples from the book that prove this statement to be true.

Part 3) Write why you think Coach referred to this as one of the most gratifying moments of his career.

Essay Topic 2

Coach Wooden says that his wife Nellie is one of his biggest inspirations. Use specific examples from the book to write about what why Coach and Nellie have a strong marriage. Describe specific instances when Nellie offered Coach inspiration.

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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