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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 went on to do something else than become professional ball players?

2. Wooden says he wanted his relationship with his players to be the same as the relationship he experienced with whom?

3. Where was Wooden born?

4. When Wooden talks about a player thinking more about the team than about himself, Wooden illustrates the idea of what?

5. What does Wooden say about the Olympics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Wooden use poetry throughout "Wooden"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wooden doesn't come out and directly state everything; instead, he allows the reader to make some inferences. What can the reader infer about the following topics based on what's written throughout "Wooden"? Be specific in your answer.

1. Wooden's relationship with his children.

2. Wooden's relationship with Kareem Abdul-Jabar.

3. Wooden's personal library.

4. Wooden's method of writing "Wooden."

Essay Topic 2

The notion of "family" is a theme that runs through "Wooden." Choose any three of the relationships below and talk about how Wooden describes the relationship to the reader in a familial manner. Do not use the same familial relationship for all three answers.

1. The relationship between coaches and players.

2. The relationship between Wooden and UCLA.

3. The relationship between Wooden and the reader.

4. The relationship between players on a team.

5. The relationship between a teacher and his/her students.

Essay Topic 3

How does Wooden ensure that all the players he coaches are ready to be successful in the following areas:

1. Athletically.

2. Mentally.

3. As a team.

4. Individually.

5. Spiritually.

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