diff --git a/src/tests/multiselector.cpp b/src/tests/multiselector.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e76addc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/multiselector.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include "main.h"
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+
+TEST_CASE("Multiselectors") {
+  auto nc_ = testing_notcurses();
+  if(!nc_){
+    return;
+  }
+  struct ncplane* n_ = notcurses_stdplane(nc_);
+  REQUIRE(n_);
+  REQUIRE(0 == ncplane_cursor_move_yx(n_, 0, 0));
+
+  // multiselector can't be bound to the standard plane
+  SUBCASE("RefuseStandardPlane") {
+    ncmultiselector_options s{};
+    struct ncmultiselector* ns = ncmultiselector_create(n_, &s);
+    REQUIRE(nullptr == ns);
+  }
+
+  // create a multiselector, but don't explicitly destroy it, thus testing the
+  // context shutdown cleanup path
+  SUBCASE("ImplicitDestroy") {
+    ncmultiselector_options s{};
+    struct ncplane_options nopts{};
+    nopts.rows = 1;
+    nopts.cols = 1;
+    struct ncplane* n = ncplane_create(n_, &nopts);
+    REQUIRE(nullptr != n);
+    struct ncmultiselector* ns = ncmultiselector_create(n, &s);
+    REQUIRE(ns);
+    CHECK(0 == notcurses_render(nc_));
+  }
+
+  // now do the same, but with a plane we have created.
+  SUBCASE("RefuseBoundCreatedPlane") {
+    struct ncplane_options nopts{};
+    nopts.rows = ncplane_dim_y(n_);
+    nopts.cols = ncplane_dim_x(n_);
+    auto ncp = ncplane_create(n_, &nopts);
+    REQUIRE(nullptr != ncp);
+    ncmultiselector_options s{};
+    struct ncmultiselector* ns = ncmultiselector_create(ncp, &s);
+    REQUIRE(ns);
+    CHECK(0 == notcurses_render(nc_));
+    struct ncmultiselector* fail = ncmultiselector_create(ncp, &s);
+    CHECK(nullptr == fail);
+    CHECK(0 == notcurses_render(nc_));
+  }
+
+  CHECK(0 == notcurses_stop(nc_));
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/reader.cpp b/src/tests/reader.cpp
index fd83873e0..fdd6b53da 100644
--- a/src/tests/reader.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/reader.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Readers") {
     };
     auto ncp = ncplane_create(notcurses_stdplane(nc_), &nopts);
     uint64_t echannels = NCCHANNELS_INITIALIZER(0xff, 0x44, 0xff, 0, 0, 0);
-    ncplane_set_base(ncp, notcurses_canutf8(nc_) ? strdup("▒") : strdup("x"),
-                     0, echannels);
+    ncplane_set_base(ncp, notcurses_canutf8(nc_) ? "\u2592" : "x", 0, echannels);
     auto nr = ncreader_create(ncp, &opts);
     REQUIRE(nullptr != nr);
     CHECK(0 == notcurses_render(nc_));
diff --git a/src/tests/stacking.cpp b/src/tests/stacking.cpp
index 7f8bc73fa..35cbb6b59 100644
--- a/src/tests/stacking.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/stacking.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Stacking") {
     // ought yield space with white background FIXME currently just yields
     // a lower half block
     CHECK(0 == strcmp("\u2584", egc));
+    free(egc);
     CHECK(0xffffff == ncchannels_fg_rgb(channels));
     CHECK(0xffffff == ncchannels_bg_rgb(channels));
     CHECK(0 == ncplane_destroy(top));
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Stacking") {
       // ought yield space with white background FIXME currently just yields
       // an upper half block
       CHECK(0 == strcmp("\u2580", egc));
+      free(egc);
       CHECK(0x00ff00 == ncchannels_fg_rgb(channels));
       CHECK(0x00ff00 == ncchannels_bg_rgb(channels));
       CHECK(0 == ncplane_destroy(top));