The Doom Stone | Topics for Discussion & Projects

The Doom Stone Topics for Discussion

1. Is Skull Face's death because of the tiles made from the doom stone coincidence or fulfillment of the verses Alma found in an old book on Stonehenge?

2. Why does Zindel end the novel with another Skull Face?

3. Why would the military or police in England want to keep the fact of Skull Face's existence secret?

4. What aspects of his behavior show that Skull Face is intelligent?

5. What scenes are the most suspenseful? What makes them suspenseful?

6. Why do we readers care about what happens to the characters in The Doom Stone?

7. Does The Doom Stone read as though Zindel has actually visited Stonehenge? Could he have seen the shadows that looked like a skull, and could this have inspired the novel?

8. What do American readers learn about England...
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