diff --git a/tests/basics/int-big-lshift.py b/tests/basics/int-big-lshift.py
index 7d1fe3fe1e..af1d97504c 100644
--- a/tests/basics/int-big-lshift.py
+++ b/tests/basics/int-big-lshift.py
@@ -2,3 +2,16 @@
 for i in range(1, 17):
     for shift in range(70):
         print(i, '<<', shift, '=', i << shift)
+
+# test bit-shifting negative integers
+for i in range(8):
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000000 << i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000001 << i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000002 << i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000003 << i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000004 << i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000000 >> i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000001 >> i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000002 >> i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000003 >> i)
+    print(-100000000000000000000000000004 >> i)
diff --git a/tests/basics/list_slice.py b/tests/basics/list_slice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9962132e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/list_slice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# test slices; only 2 argument version supported by Micro Python at the moment
+x = list(range(10))
+a = 2
+b = 4
+c = 3
+print(x[:])
+print(x[::])
+#print(x[::c])
+print(x[:b])
+print(x[:b:])
+#print(x[:b:c])
+print(x[a])
+print(x[a:])
+print(x[a::])
+#print(x[a::c])
+print(x[a:b])
+print(x[a:b:])
+#print(x[a:b:c])
diff --git a/tests/run-tests b/tests/run-tests
index 259c18cd22..134ed52617 100755
--- a/tests/run-tests
+++ b/tests/run-tests
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ failed_tests = []
 tests = []
 
 if not sys.argv[1:]:
-    tests = sorted(glob('basics/*.py') + glob('io/*.py'))
+    tests = sorted(glob('basics/*.py') + glob('io/*.py') + glob('misc/*.py'))
 else:
     tests = sys.argv[1:]