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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 Coach Wooden's first year coaching at UCLA, how did the team do?

2. What was Coach Wooden's job at First Christian Church in Santa Monica?

3. Why did Coach Wooden decide to stay at UCLA even after his contract expired?

4. What state did Kareem come from in order to play for UCLA?

5. When did Coach Wooden start searching for his own definition of success?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the importance of socks and shoes according to Coach Wooden.

2. What did Coach Wooden believe was a great motivator and how did he use this to help his team?

3. In Chapter 17, Coach Wooden says, "failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." Explain what he means by this.

4. Why did Coach Wooden take his team to the NAIA tournament his second year of coaching when he did not take them his first year?

5. What kind of player was Sidney Wicks?

6. What is something Coach Wooden says he will never do. Why do you think he says this?

7. How did Jabbar deal with the treatment from the public?

8. Explain Coach Wooden's haircut rule.

9. Why didn't Coach Wooden ask his players to give 110%?

10. When did Coach Wooden do most of his talking with his players?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Wooden shares several quotes that he lives his life by. Choose two of the following quotes and write about its meaning, how Coach applied it to his life, and how you can apply it to your life.

"The true athlete should have character, not be a character."

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

"It isn't what you do, it's how you do it."

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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