
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Cathie folded a square sheet of paper in half twice and then cut it through the middle twice, as shown in the diagram, before unfolding it all. How many of the pieces that she obtained were squares? 

A 3  
B 4  
C 5  
D 6  
E 8

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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