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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. Wooden feels that people can never reach what state?

2. How many times has Wooden been married?

3. Wooden feels that strong support in a family results in what?

4. Wooden says what about the thought of himself dying?

5. Wooden seems to have a lot of respect for whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Wooden's caution when it comes to finding your "bliss"?

5. Why does Wooden run his basketball team like he runs his household?

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

7. How does Wooden approach each day?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the building blocks of Wooden's pyramid and answer these questions about it:

1. Where does the building block fit into Wooden's pyramid?

2. How does Wooden persuade the reader to agree with him about his views regarding this building block?

3. In what way has Wooden shown that he demonstrates this building block?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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