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1. In "Active Shooter," how is Lisa's concern about what she saw at Starbucks used as the basis for a joke later in the essay?

Lisa saw a woman with a pet monkey dressed in a pink frilly dress. This made Lisa concerned about what would happen when the woman lost interest in the monkey. When she later tells her brother that she would kill her own parrot before killing herself, and he points out that arrangements have already been made for him to take care of the bird in the event of her death, she tells him that he would lose interest in the parrot.

2. In "Active Shooter," how does Lisa explain to the instructor and to Sedaris her desire to take a gun-safety course?

Lisa tells the instructor that she wants to know how to handle a gun in case an armed assailant attacks her and drops the gun. She further explains to her brother that it is possible that the assailant will be wearing gloves that make the gun harder to hold onto.

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