Realise that most questions that you can think of, probably have been asked before by other beginning programmers. The answers should be easy to find.

Most of the subject-matter in books for beginners is written in a way that most of your questions will be answered right away, in the same chapter. In case they are not answered in the book, you have to look for the answers yourself.

Start searching at lists of frequently asked questions in the newest release of Perl, and at a large user community, like Categorized Questions and Answers in Perl Monks.