
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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Given the functions $p(x) = 2\left| x \right| - 1$ and $q(x) = -\left| x \right| - 1$, evaluate $q(p(x))$ at $x = -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4$ and compute the sum of these values.

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