diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 3f9dcff..586f19c 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import pytest
+from simple_message_channels import SimpleMessageChannel as SMC
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def smc():
-    from simple_message_channels import SimpleMessageChannel
+def smc1():
+    return SMC()
 
-    return SimpleMessageChannel()
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def smc2():
+    return SMC()
diff --git a/test/test_smc.py b/test/test_smc.py
index e69de29..402f859 100644
--- a/test/test_smc.py
+++ b/test/test_smc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+def test_smc_send(smc1):
+    assert smc1.send(0, 1, b"foo") == b"\x04\x01foo"
+
+
+def test_smc_recv(smc1, smc2):
+    payload = smc1.send(0, 1, b"foo")
+    smc2.recv(payload)
+
+    assert len(smc2.messages) == 1
+    assert smc2.messages[0] == [(0, 1, b"foo")]
+
+
+def test_smc_recv_multiple(smc1, smc2):
+    payload = smc1.send_batch([(0, 1, b"foo"), (0, 1, b"bar"), (0, 1, b"baz")])
+    smc2.recv(payload)
+
+    assert len(smc2.messages) == 3
+    assert smc2.messages[0] == [(0, 1, b"foo"), (0, 1, b"bar"), (0, 1, b"baz")]
+
+
+def test_smc_recv_empty(smc1, smc2):
+    payload = smc1.send(0, 1, b"")
+    smc2.recv(payload)
+
+    assert len(smc2.messages) == 1
+    assert smc2.messages[0] == [(0, 1, b"")]
+
+
+def test_smc_recv_chunked(smc1, smc2):
+    payload = smc1.send(0, 1, b"foo")
+
+    for idx in range(0, len(payload)):
+        smc2.recv(payload[idx, idx + 1])
+
+    assert len(smc2.messages) == 1
+    assert smc2.messages[0] == [(0, 1, b"foo")]
+
+
+def test_smc_recv_chunked_multiple(smc1, smc2):
+    payload = smc1.send_batch([(0, 1, b"foo"), (0, 1, b"bar"), (0, 1, b"baz")])
+
+    for idx in range(0, len(payload)):
+        smc2.recv(payload[idx, idx + 1])
+
+    assert len(smc2.messages) == 3
+    assert smc2.messages[0] == [(0, 1, b"foo"), (0, 1, b"bar"), (0, 1, b"baz")]