A.2 Answers for Chapter 3A.2.1 Exercise 1 (Section 3.9.1)They're all referring to the same thing, except for the second one, ${$ginger[2]}[1]. That one is the same as $ginger[2][1], whose base is the array @ginger, rather than the scalar $ginger. A.2.2 Exercise 2 (Section 3.9.2)First, construct the hash structure: my @gilligan = qw(red_shirt hat lucky_socks water_bottle); Then pass it to the first subroutine: check_items_for_all(\%all); In the subroutine, the first parameter is a hashref, so dereference it to get the keys and the corresponding values: sub check_items_for_all { From there, call the original subroutine: sub check_required_items { |