Those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as "Even though Tom was ______, Mary
thought he was _____." And the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, "Even though Tom was foolish, Mary thought he was ridiculous." Well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what Tom could have been and what Mary might have thought of him. So I never did well on tests like that. What can be inferred from the excerpt?
What can be inferred from the excerpt is that Tan believes that achievement tests give inadequate measurements of language ability.
Explanation:
In this excerpt from "The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life" by Amy Tan, the narrative shows a perspective where the exams with fill-in-the-blank questions are not quite reliable since the answers are not universal and might vary from person to person, and it is hard to know which point of view is the correct one to respond it.
