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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wooden feel about his players who became famous as opposed to his players who didn't become famous?

2. Wooden says you can't do what like someone else?

3. Wooden wants people to struggle to do what?

4. Wooden makes a connection between getting a gold medal (i.e., in the Olympics) and getting what?

5. Wooden thinks that people should follow their what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wooden compare the Special Olympics to the regular Olympics?

2. Wooden believes that the media has made winning different. Why?

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

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

5. Wooden's primary love is not basketball. What is it?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Poetry is used throughout "Wooden." Explore the ways in which poetry assists the reader in any two of the following areas:

1. Understanding Wooden's father.

2. Understanding Wooden's relationship with his wife, Nellie.

3. Understanding Wooden's coaching/teaching principles.

4. Understanding the way Wooden raises his family.

5. Understanding Wooden's pyramid of success.

Essay Topic 2

If we consider Wooden's pyramid of success to be the climax of his book, what would three "rising action" elements (those parts of the book leading up to the climax) be?

Essay Topic 3

In "Wooden," Wooden uses many different anecdotes to prove his points. Choose one of those anecdotes and answer the following questions about it:

1. What is the anecdote?

2. What theory/idea does the anecdote support?

3. How do you know this anecdote is being used in this manner? (In other words, what clues can you get from the text?)

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