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Wooden Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wooden loves what sport, though it isn't the prime drive of his life?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Running.
(d) Football.

2. Wooden believes that to achieve success, a person must have what?
(a) Hopes and dreams.
(b) Love and war.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) Insight and education.

3. What role does Wooden feel the media has played in teams' winning and losing?
(a) He thinks the media has made it harder to be a "loser."
(b) He thinks that the media has finally struck a nice balance in their coverage.
(c) He believes that the media doesn't talk enough about the losers.
(d) He thinks the media highlights winners just enough.

4. When does Wooden feel that success can be dangerous?
(a) If someone never achieves it.
(b) If someone gets too much of it.
(c) If someone is jealous of others.
(d) If someone takes it too much to heart.

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

6. What organization does Wooden support?
(a) Special Olympics.
(b) The Humane Society.
(c) The American Cancer Society.
(d) The American Heart Association.

7. Wooden makes a connection between getting a gold medal (i.e., in the Olympics) and getting what?
(a) Fame.
(b) Tired.
(c) Fired.
(d) Money.

8. Wooden believes that in order to be successful, you do not have to have what?
(a) A big family.
(b) Stocks and bonds.
(c) Lots of free time.
(d) Material possessions.

9. What does Wooden quote throughout "Wooden"?
(a) Poems.
(b) His wife's ideas.
(c) Bible verses.
(d) His teachers' thoughts.

10. Wooden says you can't do what like someone else?
(a) Dribble a ball like someone else.
(b) Be like someone else.
(c) Think like someone else.
(d) Teach like someone else.

11. What does Wooden say his father read to the family regularly?
(a) The sports section.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) The comics.
(d) The Bible.

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

13. Wooden feels that people can never reach what state?
(a) Fairness.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Perfection.
(d) Illinois.

14. Who does Wooden think are kids' greatest teachers?
(a) Their school teachers.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their coaches.

15. How does Wooden feel about his players who went on to do something else than become professional ball players?
(a) He thinks much less of them than he does of his other players.
(b) He wishes they had been able to achieve more and feels sorry for them.
(c) He is just as proud of them as he is of his other players.
(d) He thinks they didn't try as hard as his other players.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wooden feels that the 16th president's life represents one of what?

2. What president does Wooden admire?

3. What does Wooden feel could happen if you attain a goal for which you haven't fully prepared?

4. How many times has Wooden been married?

5. Why does Wooden choose an American president to explain his views on what he believes a successful person can/should be?

(see the answer keys)

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