Ian Duncan is in his room alone. He has missed the meeting at the risk of a fine due to anxiety over the examination he had turned in to stone earlier that day, which covered the politics and history of the United States. In his reflections on the history, he reveals that Nicole, as First Lady, stays in office while the public elects a new president, a new husband, for her each four years. While thinking, the TV turns itself on for Nicole's on-air programming. This brings him to ponder his act, playing classical music with jugs with his brother, Al. They had performed for a talent scout once, but they had denied them the chance to perform for Nicole. While he is thinking, Stone arrives with his test results. Ian had attempted to fail purposely to get out of Abraham Lincoln and use his returned deposit to relocate to Mars. But Stone tells him he passed. Ian realizes that Stone falsified the results for his own "humanitarian reasons."
