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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wooden seems to see every day as what?
(a) A time to mourn.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) An opportunity to be a better person.
(d) One step closer to death.

2. Wooden wants people to struggle to do what?
(a) Marry their childhood sweethearts.
(b) Do better every day.
(c) Become athletes.
(d) Believe in themselves.

3. Sometimes, players who had things going on in their lives wanted Wooden to do what?
(a) Pay for their way home.
(b) Help them with those problems.
(c) Give them leniency during training.
(d) Allow them to get out of playing basketball.

4. Where was Wooden born?
(a) Hall, Indiana.
(b) New York City, New York.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Martinsville, Indiana.

5. What does Wooden say about the Olympics?
(a) He feels it's not as "honest" as the Special Olympics.
(b) He says it's the highest honor an athlete can receive.
(c) He wishes he could have gone to the Olympics.
(d) He tries to go to the Olympics every four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Wooden decides to continue his education, it is so he could do what?

2. What two elements does Wooden say are the "mortar" keeping his physical representation of success together?

3. What doesn't Wooden think has changed over the years?

4. Who does Wooden say once said that he, "Learned something from everyone he met"?

5. Who does Wooden think are kids' greatest teachers?

(see the answer key)

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