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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Wooden discusses players who have been on his various teams, he is giving them what?
(a) A chance to write their own books now that he has given them a lead-in.
(b) Recognition for their achievements even though no one knows them.
(c) A chance to be part of history.
(d) A piece of his mind, especially for those he didn't like.

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

3. Which people in Wooden's life influence his decisions?
(a) His roommates.
(b) The parents of players.
(c) Strangers he would talk to.
(d) His mentors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization does Wooden support?

2. Wooden says you should feel what emotion when you give something your all?

3. Not all of Wooden's players become what?

4. Wooden says his parents worked without what?

5. Wooden states that when people get too caught up in believing they will "always" win, they stop doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wooden's father's "teaching" personality carry over into his sons?

2. Why does Wooden disagree with the Webster's dictionary term for success?

3. Why doesn't Wooden become a basketball player himself?

4. Describe Wooden's philosophy of "perfection."

5. Why does Wooden call himself a "realistic optimist"?

6. What does Wooden think will happen if a person's goals are impossible to attain?

7. Why does Wooden make his team members have the same hair cut and uniform?

8. Describe how Wooden feels about the concept of "role models"?

9. For Wooden, "success" isn't defined by money or fame. How is it described?

10. What is the basic focus of the beginning of the book "Wooden"?

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