diff --git a/tests/test_command_list_split.py b/tests/test_command_list_split.py
index 9ae5396..de8b9b2 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_list_split.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_list_split.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import wexpect
 import unittest
 from . import PexpectTestCase
 
-class SplitCommandLineTestCase(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
-    def testSplitSizes(self):
+class TestCaseSplitCommandLine(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
+    def test_split_sizes(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(wexpect.split_command_line(r'')), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(wexpect.split_command_line(r'one')), 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(wexpect.split_command_line(r'one two')), 2)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class SplitCommandLineTestCase(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(wexpect.split_command_line(r'one\"one')), 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(wexpect.split_command_line(r"This^' is a^'^ test")), 3)
         
-    def testJoinArgs(self):
+    def test_join_args(self):
         cmd = 'foo bar "b a z"'
         cmd2 = wexpect.join_args(wexpect.split_command_line(cmd))
         self.assertEqual(cmd2,  cmd)
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ class SplitCommandLineTestCase(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
 
-suite = unittest.makeSuite(SplitCommandLineTestCase,'test')
+suite = unittest.makeSuite(TestCaseSplitCommandLine,'test')
diff --git a/tests/test_interact.py b/tests/test_interact.py
index 953c733..fc7c16d 100644
--- a/tests/test_interact.py
+++ b/tests/test_interact.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import unittest
 from . import PexpectTestCase
 
 class InteractTestCase(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(not hasattr(wexpect.spawn, 'interact'), "spawn does not support runtime interact switching.")
     def test_interact(self):
         # Path of cmd executable:
         cmd_exe = 'cmd'
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ class InteractTestCase(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
         p.stop_interact()
             
         self.assertEqual('hello', p.before.splitlines()[1])
-        
+    
+    @unittest.skipIf(not hasattr(wexpect.spawn, 'interact'), "spawn does not support runtime interact switching.")
     def test_interact_dead(self):
         # Path of cmd executable:
         echo = 'echo hello'
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index ea94c12..1ad981e 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -198,10 +198,11 @@ class TestCaseMisc(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
     def test_isalive(self):
         " check isalive() before and after EOF. (True, False) "
         child = wexpect.spawn('cat')
-        assert child.isalive() is True
+        self.assertTrue(child.isalive())
         child.sendeof()
         child.expect(wexpect.EOF)
         assert child.isalive() is False
+        self.assertFalse(child.isalive())
 
     def test_bad_type_in_expect(self):
         " expect() does not accept dictionary arguments. "