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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. What gave Kareem vertical double vision during one game?

2. What did players often come to Coach Wooden wearing that were too big?

3. How did Coach Wooden learn to treat his players from LA Dodgers manager Walter Alston?

4. In what year did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announce he would play for UCLA?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Coach Wooden's haircut rule.

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

3. What was Coach Wooden's advice to his team concerning the outcome of a game?

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

5. According to Chapter 14, what was important to the Wooden Family?

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

7. Why didn't Coach Wooden sell his Pyramid of Success for money?

8. What were Coach Wooden feelings about assistant coaches?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Wooden's father gave him a note for his elementary school graduation with advice about life. Coach Wooden said that he decided to live his life according to the advice in the note and kept it in his wallet his whole life. Choose several of the points in the note and write about how Coach Wooden applied each of the points to his life. Use specific examples from the book to support what you write.

Essay Topic 2

Coach Wooden discusses the theme of race many times, especially during the years that Kareem Abdul Jabbar played on his team.

Part 1) Write about some of the specific stories Coach shares in the book concerning race.

Part 2) Write about how Coach deals with racial issues from the public about his team.

Essay Topic 3

Coach Wooden says that a player that gives his all have self-control, composure, and endurance. Write as if you were coaching a team. Describe what type of team it would be and how you would apply each of these three attributes in your coaching.

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