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Both girls, as new arrivals, are subjected to a psychological test consisting of inventing a story based on a picture of two human silhouettes. Quinn immediately creates a nice typical teenage story. Daria, on the other hand, gives sarcastic answers to the questions ("A herd of beautiful wild ponies running free across the plains") to the annoyance of [[Margaret Manson|Mrs. Manson]], the school psychologist. In history class, Daria is able to "concisely and unemotionally" sum up the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, a task given by her teacher, [[Anthony DeMartino]]. Daria's correct answer is in stark contrast to the answers of classmates [[Kevin Thompson|Kevin]] and [[Brittany Taylor|Brittany]], who say that Manifest Destiny fueled the Vietnam War, "Operation: Watergate", and/or the "Vietcong War", fueling Mr. DeMartino's wrath.

 

 

The following day, at self-esteem class presented by the English teacher [[Timothy O'Neill]], Daria is confused by the expressions used. When she asks Mr. O'Neill, he refuses to explain them. Another student sitting behind Daria, [[Jane Lane]], tells Daria that Mr. O'Neill doesn't even know their meaning and advices her to relax, telling Daria that she has already taken the class six times. After school, Daria and Jane befriend each other as they walk home and talk calmly about self-esteem class and other topics. Arriving Home, Daria is surprised her mother is there, having taken the day off to be with her daughter, and they end up going shopping, mainly for Helen's wardrobe.