
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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An ant is on the square marked with a black dot. The ant moves across an edge from one square to an adjacent square four times and then stops. How many of the possible finishing squares are black?
A 0  
B 2  
C 4  
D 6  
E 8

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