What is the point of view of the selection?

The narrator of the story is on a canoe out at sea. 

What is the narrator's final destination?

Is Natchez, Mississippi upstream or downstream of St. Louis, Missouri?

What does the author believe about "the monotony of good days"?

The author feels the river is like a...

What conflict does the narrator encounter on his journey?

As a warning before the storm, the narrator sees birds fly out of the trees.

In the text, how does the author know a storm is coming?

The narrator is pushed into the water by the crashing waves. 

During the storm, the narrator was able to find shelter on land. 

What does the use of sentence fragments likely indicate?

A memoir is...

A simile is...

Why does Eddy Harris decide to go to the trees instead of heading to the shore?

How does Eddy Harris feel in the middle of the storm as he is hugging the tree?

Why does Eddy Harris feel the way he does in the middle of the storm?

Why does Eddy Harris use sentence fragments?

In lines 81-82, the author strings together these ___________: "The heavy winds, the amount of water, the warmth of the air, and the cold rain." The author uses fragments here and elsewhere to reflect his thinking at the ___________ that he is experiencing events. Thoughts and images come to mind in _____________  sentences, as they often do in life. The author also uses fragments, which are more _____________, to create a more _____________ style.

How have events already shaped the author's ideas about this day?

Match the words to the object they describe or refer to in the text.

I felt the river dip down and up - a shallow dale in the water.

What does the word shallow most likely mean?

I drifted and donned my yellow rain suit and hood.

What does the word donned most likely mean?

Which of the following images best matches the word isolated as used in the text below: "...heat up this isolated patch of river a scant thirty yards long."