Question: Happily boasting the peninsula's heaviest rainfalls, Taiping, the former capital of Perakiatate, is now a sleepy town full of large treesoverhanging the wide streets.
It is the capital of Perakiatate.

Answer: no

Question: and uh i think i think it's going to have to have it's patchwork put on us
I believe the patchwork will have to be put on us

Answer: yes

Question: "To hunt horses?" Drew asked.
"To feed horses?" asked Drew.

Answer:
no