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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. What does Wooden try to do with his players' internal prides?
(a) Get rid of them.
(b) Help them grow.
(c) Learn from them.
(d) Keep them intact.

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

3. What does Wooden say about his players' lives and problems?
(a) He says that they were not very big in the scheme of things.
(b) He feels that they shouldn't have talked about those things in public but should have dealt with them in private.
(c) He says he always tried to listen to them.
(d) He thinks they were crybabies.

4. Wooden describes knowing and being comfortable with yourself as what?
(a) Talent.
(b) Eagerness.
(c) Poise.
(d) Unnecessary.

5. How often does Wooden believe people can do their best?
(a) Very rarely.
(b) More often than not.
(c) Once in a while.
(d) Every time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wooden say about players who believe they will win or lose based on what people say about them?

2. What does Wooden ensure about every player's shoes?

3. Though Wooden doesn't like all of his players, he does feel what way about them?

4. How does Wooden feel punishment of players should be handled?

5. How does Wooden feel about his time spent at UCLA?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wooden discuss his retirement from coaching during Part 3 of "Wooden"?

2. What are three ways that Wooden shows he cares about his players?

3. What block is at the center of Wooden's pyramid of success? Why?

4. When does Wooden say he knew it was time to retire from coaching at UCLA?

5. What elements make up the "mortar" of Wooden's pyramid of success? Why does he choose these elements?

6. Wooden uses Abraham Lincoln to illustrate which of the four blocks that are at the second level of his pyramid of success? Why?

7. From where did Wooden get his ideas for his pyramid of success?

8. How does Wooden describe his tactical knowledge when it comes to basketball?

9. What blocks are at the next-to-the-top location on Wooden's pyramid of success?

10. Why does Wooden feel that parents shouldn't necessarily be concerned that their children aren't getting high grades?

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