diff --git a/tests/test_post_punct.py b/tests/test_post_punct.py
index af87cf919..0138819db 100644
--- a/tests/test_post_punct.py
+++ b/tests/test_post_punct.py
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ def test_close(close_puncts):
     for p in close_puncts:
         string = word_str + p
         token = lookup(string)
-        assert unhash(lex_of(token)) == word_str
         tokens = expand_chunk(token)
         assert len(tokens) == 2
-        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[0])) == word_str
         assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[1])) == p
+        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[0])) == word_str
 
 
 def test_two_different_close(close_puncts):
@@ -43,6 +42,6 @@ def test_three_same_close(close_puncts):
     for p in close_puncts:
         string = word_str + p + p + p
         tokens = expand_chunk(lookup(string))
-        assert len(tokens) == 2
+        assert len(tokens) == 4
         assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[0])) == word_str
-        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[1])) == p + p + p
+        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[1])) == p
diff --git a/tests/test_pre_punct.py b/tests/test_pre_punct.py
index a085ea6c9..88da4f595 100644
--- a/tests/test_pre_punct.py
+++ b/tests/test_pre_punct.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ def test_three_same_open(open_puncts):
     for p in open_puncts:
         string = p + p + p + word_str
         token = lookup(string)
-        assert unhash(lex_of(token)) == p + p + p
+        assert unhash(lex_of(token)) == p
         tokens = expand_chunk(token)
-        assert len(tokens) == 2
-        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[0])) == p + p + p
-        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[1])) == word_str
+        assert len(tokens) == 4
+        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[0])) == p
+        assert unhash(lex_of(tokens[3])) == word_str