According to your online content assignment, a good schedule keeps a student from:
a. missing important meetings
b.) wandering off course
c. planning two events on one day
d. none of these

The correct answer is b) wandering off course. Since it is an online content assignment it is very easy to wander off so it is a great idea to have a good schedule.

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.

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.