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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. How did Wooden lose all the money he had saved?

2. How did Wooden feel about money as a high-school student?

3. According to Coach Wooden, a true athlete should have what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Coach Wooden and Nellie's relationship throughout their high-school years.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Wooden develops what he calls "John Wooden's Pyramid of Success." Complete the following.

1) Write about the levels of John Wooden's Pyramid of Success and how they can be applied to someone's life.

2) Write about each level and include one example from Coach's life where he applied the level.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Coach Wooden discussed many people that were good at recruiting for UCLA.

Write about the different people who Coach thought were good at recruiting and why.

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