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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. When some players showed up clearly breaking the haircut rule, what did Coach Wooden do?

2. What question would Coach Wooden never answer?

3. Coach Wooden says that failure is not what?

4. According to coach, when are 90% of basketball games won?

5. According to Coach Wooden, what did Kareem have in addition to great basketball skills?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Coach Wooden feelings about assistant coaches?

2. How did Jabbar's teammates feel about him?

3. 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?

4. Why did Coach Wooden want to leave UCLA, and why did he decide to stay?

5. What kind of player was Sidney Wicks?

6. Who was Lewis Alcindor and why was he important to the team?

7. How did Coach Wooden end up teaching at UCLA?

8. List some of the people who influenced Coach Wooden's life, according to Chapter 16.

9. According to Coach Wooden, what type of player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

10. What did Coach Wooden say he never wants his team to do during a game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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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