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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 did Coach Wooden discover made his team tired at tournament time?

2. In the majority of games, what percentage did Kareem shoot?

3. Why did Coach Wooden like to have a different combination of players playing together during practice?

4. What tournament did Coach Wooden lead his ISU players to?

5. According to Coach Wooden, what did Kareem personify?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Coach Wooden define success?

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

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

4. What were Coach Wooden feelings about assistant coaches?

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

6. What kind of player was Sidney Wicks?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When people have to make a decision, a good way to think it through is by making a "pros and cons" list. Coach Wooden had an important decision to make between playing professional basketball or staying a coach. He decided to stay a coach because he loves to teach.

Write as if you were Coach Wooden making this decision. Writing about the pros and cons of choosing professional basketball and the pros and cons of staying a coach. As a conclusion write why you think Coach made the right or wrong decision based on the pros and cons lists.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Coach Wooden had specific rules for both practices and games.

Part 1) Discuss how Coach Wooden ran practices including specific rules.

Part 2) Discuss how Coach ran games including specific rules.

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