use strict; #for better practice
use warnings;#same as above

my @test = ( qw / bing bong bang / );
print '['.$test[2].'] ['.$test[1].'] ['.$test[0]."]\n";

my %bits;#explicitly declare your variables
$bits{'one'}= \@test;#assign the array ref, not the flattened array itself.
my @new =  @{$bits{'one'}};#now deref it, so you get the flattened array back.
print '['.$new[2].'] ['.$new[1].'] ['.$new[0]."]\n";

##</code><code>##

use strict;
use warnings;

my @test = ( qw / bing bong bang / );
print '['.$test[2].'] ['.$test[1].'] ['.$test[0]."]\n";

my %bits;
$bits{'one'}= \@test;
my $new =  $bits{'one'}; #new holds the array ref, not a copy of the entire array
print '['.$new->[2].'] ['.$new->[1].'] ['.$new->[0]."]\n";#to get elements from array ref, use -> operator