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Lena / Mother
Teva Mao is one of Sang Ly’s friends and neighbors in the dump, who often watches after Nisay while Sang Ly studies with Sopeap. Teva Mao is good-natured and friendly, but Sang Ly also suspects that Sopeap forgives a portion of Teva Mao’s rent each month in exchange for taking care of Nisay so Sang Ly can study more.
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Teva Mao Character Timeline in The Rent Collector
The timeline below shows where the character Teva Mao appears in The Rent Collector. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Five
...carry it by hand from a vendor’s stall. While she is doing so, a neighbor, Teva Mao , watches Nisay for her. On this errand, Sang Ly runs into Sopeap, who apologizes...
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Chapter Eleven
Sang Ly enjoys learning, but also frets about leaving Nisay with Teva Mao so often; she feels as if she is not being enough of a mother. However,...
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Chapter Sixteen
...have on pork from the market, Sang Ly decides to go gather snails to eat. Teva Mao ’s daughters tag along. As Sang Ly is wading through the knee-high water, she notices...
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Teva Mao buys some bitter melon leaves from the market, since they are supposed to be good...
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