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

2. In a game, what did Coach Wooden never want his team to do first?

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

4. Coach says that Sidney Wicks went from being an erratic player to what kind of player?

5. Who did Coach Wooden not discuss as one of the most influential people in his life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain John Wooden's Pyramid of Success.

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

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

5. Explain the comparison Coach talked about between players and doves.

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. How did Coach Wooden's religion influence his coaching?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the book, the theme of unity on a team is repeated several times.

Part 1) Write about how Coach Wooden would build unity on his teams. Use specific examples from the book.

Part 2) Write about the benefits of learning unity and what other areas of life the lesson of unity can be applied to.

Essay Topic 2

Coach Wooden takes about how the coach/player relationship becomes like a father/son relationship. Compare and contrast the relationship between a coach and a player and a father and son. Give examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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