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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps John Wooden write "Wooden"?
(a) Joshua Wooden.
(b) Nellie Wooden.
(c) Steve Jamison.
(d) Kareem Abdul-Jabar.

2. What president does Wooden admire?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) George Washington.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

3. Wooden makes a distinction between passion and what emotion?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Fear.
(d) Adulation.

4. When Wooden decides to continue his education, it is so he could do what?
(a) Marry Nellie.
(b) Get out of his house.
(c) Learn to play an instrument.
(d) Teach students.

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

6. Wooden doesn't want his children to worry that they have done what?
(a) Disappoint him.
(b) Been selfish.
(c) Taken too much time away from coaching.
(d) Driven him to sadness.

7. Wooden suggests that people shouldn't work twice as hard tomorrow to make up for what?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) The past.
(c) Today.
(d) Your dreams.

8. What family member does Wooden talk the most about during Part 1 of "Wooden"?
(a) His father.
(b) His brothers.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His mother.

9. What types of things would Wooden never do?
(a) Anything immoral or illegal.
(b) Anything that involves poetry.
(c) Anything that isn't UCLA related.
(d) Anything that doesn't make money.

10. Wooden's talk about an American president suggests that Wooden has studied what subject?
(a) History.
(b) War.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Sociology.

11. Wooden says you should feel what emotion when you give something your all?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Fear.
(d) Happiness.

12. What does Wooden believe will come if you try anything?
(a) Success.
(b) Failure.
(c) Elation.
(d) Exhaustion.

13. How long were John and Nellie Wooden married?
(a) Less than 50 years.
(b) More than 50 years.
(c) About 8 years.
(d) Less than 5 years.

14. What kind of haircut does Wooden make his UCLA players wear?
(a) Shaved head.
(b) Dreadlocks.
(c) Long hair.
(d) Short hair.

15. Throughout Part 2 of "Wooden," Wooden continues to emphasize his love for whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) His team.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wooden says what about the thought of himself dying?

2. Wooden says he wanted his relationship with his players to be the same as the relationship he experienced with whom?

3. What does Wooden believe gives you a greater sense of achievement once it's been faced?

4. Wooden seems to see every day as what?

5. Wooden believes that if people try to be the best they can be, they will achieve what?

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