diff --git a/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py b/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
index 0e2ddee..b53ad87 100644
--- a/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
+++ b/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
@@ -11,13 +11,30 @@ try:
 	ndbm = dbm.ndbm
 	gdbm = dbm.gdbm
 	dumb = dbm.dumb
+
 	whichdb = dbm.whichdb
+
+	ndbm_type = "dbm.ndbm"
+	gdbm_type = "dbm.gdbm"
+	dumb_type = "dbm.dumb"
+
 except:
 	import dbm as ndbm
 	import gdbm
 	import dumbdbm as dumb
+
 	from whichdb import whichdb
 
+	ndbm_type = "dbm"
+	gdbm_type = "gdbm"
+	dumb_type = "dumbdbm"
+
+#global settings
+key1 = 'very first key'
+key2 = 'second key'
+val1 = 'very first value'
+val2 = 'second value'
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope = "function")
 def make_gdbm_test_db(request):
 	db_name ="test_gdbm"
@@ -38,8 +55,8 @@ def make_dumbdbm_test_db(request):
 	db_name ="test_dumbdbm"
 	print "creating", db_name
 	test_db = dumb.open(db_name, "n")
-	test_db['very first key'] = 'very first value'
-	test_db['second key'] = 'second value'
+	test_db[key1] = val1
+	test_db[key2] = val2
 	test_db.close()
 	def delete_test_dumbdbm():
 		print "deleting", db_name
@@ -50,37 +67,53 @@ def make_dumbdbm_test_db(request):
 	request.addfinalizer(delete_test_dumbdbm)
 	return db_name
 
+# def test_fixture(make_ndbm_test_db):
+# 	print "runing test_fixture with"
+# 	assert whichdb(make_ndbm_test_db) == "dbm"
+
 def test_assert_gdbm_db_is_created_and_correctly_identified(make_gdbm_test_db):
 	print "runing assert_gdbm_db_is_created_and_correctly_identified with gdbm test file"
-	assert whichdb(make_gdbm_test_db) == "dbm.gdbm" or "gdbm"
+	assert whichdb(make_gdbm_test_db) == gdbm_type
 
 def test_assert_reading_gdbm_correctly(make_gdbm_test_db):
 	print "running assert_reading_gdbm_correctly with gdbm test db"
 	db = gdbm.open(make_gdbm_test_db, "r")
 	assert len(db.keys()) == 2
-	assert db.has_key('very first key')
-	assert db['very first key'] == 'very first value'
+	assert db.has_key(key1)
+	assert db[key1] == val1
 
 def test_assert_dumbdbm_db_is_created_and_correctly_identified(make_dumbdbm_test_db):
 	print "runing assert_dumbdbm_db_is_created_and_correctly_identified with gdbm test file"
-	assert whichdb(make_dumbdbm_test_db) == "dbm.dumb" or "dumbdbm"
+	assert whichdb(make_dumbdbm_test_db) == dumb_type
 
 def test_assert_reading_dumbdbm_correctly(make_dumbdbm_test_db):
 	print "running assert_reading_dumbdbm_correctly with dumbdbm test db"
 	db = dumb.open(make_dumbdbm_test_db, "r")
 	assert len(db.keys()) == 2
-	assert db.has_key('very first key')
-	assert db['very first key'] == 'very first value'
+	assert db.has_key(key1)
+	assert db[key1] == val1
 
 def test_dumpanydbm_identify_gbdm(make_gdbm_test_db):
 	print "running test_dumpanydbm_identify_gbdm"
 	output = subprocess.check_output(["dump-anydbm", make_gdbm_test_db])
-	output = output.split("/n")
-	
+	output = output.strip().split("\n")
+	assert len(output) == 3 # 2 keys plus whichdb line
+
 	# split on space, then grab 4th word, which is db type
 	which = output[0].split(' ')[3]
 	print which
-	assert which == "gdbm" or "dbm.gdbm"
+	assert which == gdbm_type
+
+	#split remaining lines on ':' that separates key & value
+	db_dump_first_pair = output[1].split(':')
+	assert db_dump_first_pair[0] == key1
+	assert db_dump_first_pair[1] == val1
+
+	db_dump_second_pair = output[2].split(':')
+	assert db_dump_second_pair[0] == key2
+	assert db_dump_second_pair[1] == val2
+
+