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

2. What does Wooden seem to hold as the highest standard of his success?
(a) His team.
(b) His father.
(c) His mentoring.
(d) His family.

3. Wooden becomes a teacher instead of doing what?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Playing ball.
(c) Going to college.
(d) Becoming a lawyer.

4. Wooden often uses what his father taught him while he was growing up to help whom?
(a) All of these answers.
(b) His family.
(c) His players.
(d) Himself.

5. How does Wooden want his players and kids to think of him?
(a) He wants them to devote time to doing what he wants them to do.
(b) He wants them to please him.
(c) He wants them to fear him.
(d) He wants them to think he's a hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wooden quote throughout "Wooden"?

2. Wooden isn't paid large amounts of money to do what?

3. What does Wooden want from his father?

4. Throughout his life, Wooden has always loved what, thanks to his father?

5. When Wooden loses Nellie, he finds what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wooden feel about athletes taking money for endorsements?

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

3. What does Wooden believe can happen if a person focuses too much on success?

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

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

6. What does Wooden think happens to a person who becomes "infected" by success?

7. How does Wooden feel about the players who didn't become famous as opposed to the ones who did become famous?

8. What special bond does Wooden share with his father?

9. Why does Wooden believe that hopes and dreams are not enough to succeed?

10. For Wooden, personal glory comes second to what?

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