diff --git a/test/rb/core/test_exceptions.rb b/test/rb/core/test_exceptions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb63963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rb/core/test_exceptions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../test_helper')
+
+require 'thrift/thrift'
+
+class TestTException < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_has_accessible_message
+    msg = "hi there thrift"
+    assert_equal msg, TException.new(msg).message
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/test/rb/core/transport/test_ttransport.rb b/test/rb/core/transport/test_ttransport.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5811dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rb/core/transport/test_ttransport.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../test_helper')
+
+require 'thrift/transport/ttransport'
+
+class DummyTransport < TTransport
+  def initialize(data)
+    @data = data
+  end
+  
+  def read(size)
+    @data.slice!(0, size)
+  end
+end
+
+# TTransport is basically an abstract class, but isn't raising NotImplementedError
+class TestTTransport < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @trans = TTransport.new
+  end
+  
+  def test_isOpen
+    assert_nil @trans.isOpen
+  end
+  
+  def test_open
+    assert_nil @trans.open
+  end
+  
+  def test_close
+    assert_nil @trans.close
+  end
+  
+  def test_read
+    assert_nil @trans.read(100) # arbitrary size
+  end
+  
+  # TODO:
+  # This doesn't necessarily test he right thing.
+  # It _looks_ like read isn't guarenteed to return the length
+  # you ask for and readAll is. This means our test needs to check
+  # for blocking. -- Kevin Clark 3/27/08
+  def test_readAll
+    # Implements read
+    t = DummyTransport.new("hello")
+    assert_equal "hello", t.readAll(5)
+  end
+  
+  def test_write
+    assert_nil @trans.write(5) # arbitrary value
+  end
+  
+  def test_flush
+    assert_nil @trans.flush
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/test/rb/test_suite.rb b/test/rb/test_suite.rb
index 42febda..af686a8 100644
--- a/test/rb/test_suite.rb
+++ b/test/rb/test_suite.rb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Dir["{core,generation,integration}/**/*"].each {|f| require f }
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+Dir["{core,generation,integration}/**/*.rb"].each {|f| require f }
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