What can be inferred from the excerpt? tan believes that achievement tests should include a wider variety of fill-in-the-blank questions. tan believes that achievement tests should be constructed by published authors of fiction. tan believes that achievement tests give inadequate measurements of language ability. tan believes that achievement tests give inflated measurements of language ability.

The correct answer is "Tan believes that achievement tests give inadequate measurements of language ability". The central idea of the text is when different forms of English are accepted, the expression of experience through language is more powerful.

well stockyards mean a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted. and i'm assuming that by party you   mean a large group of people which does make sense because chicago is a very crowded place much like new york. stockyards tend to take up a lot of room due to needing the area for pens to keep animals in and the fact that stockyards are usually right by slaughterhouse where they process and distribute the product. so its much like a zoo but with some dead animal products close by.

the answer is camped