diff --git a/tests/test_gifti.py b/tests/test_gifti.py
index 7a8ff6175658ed377ee4bc2a9ea08030f96a8834..683863a8c45bab0319ac6086836398744d11aed4 100644
--- a/tests/test_gifti.py
+++ b/tests/test_gifti.py
@@ -288,12 +288,18 @@ def test_GiftiMesh_multiple_vertices():
     verts1 = TEST_VERT_ARRAY
     verts2 = nib.gifti.GiftiDataArray(
         TEST_VERTS * 5, intent='NIFTI_INTENT_POINTSET')
+    verts3 = nib.gifti.GiftiDataArray(
+        TEST_VERTS * 10, intent='NIFTI_INTENT_POINTSET')
 
     gimg  = nib.gifti.GiftiImage(darrays=[verts1, verts2, tris])
+    gimg2 = nib.gifti.GiftiImage(darrays=[verts3])
 
     with tempdir():
-        fname = op.abspath('test.gii')
-        gimg.to_filename(fname)
+        fname  = op.abspath('test.gii')
+        fname2 = op.abspath('test2.gii')
+        gimg .to_filename(fname)
+        gimg2.to_filename(fname2)
+
         surf  = gifti.GiftiMesh(fname)
 
         expvsets = [fname,
@@ -304,9 +310,11 @@ def test_GiftiMesh_multiple_vertices():
         assert  surf.vertexSets()   == expvsets
 
         surf.vertices = expvsets[1]
-
         assert np.all(surf.vertices == TEST_VERTS * 5)
 
+        surf.loadVertices(fname2, select=True)
+        assert np.all(surf.vertices == TEST_VERTS * 10)
+
 
 def test_GiftiMesh_needsFixing():
     from . import test_mesh
diff --git a/tests/test_image.py b/tests/test_image.py
index 9d82f2f46706b4476464e01d9d78fdfa77eae7b1..5b1ba4c7ff15c2e7573fd2f577108fc7399fc23e 100644
--- a/tests/test_image.py
+++ b/tests/test_image.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def _test_Image_atts(imgtype):
             assert tuple(i.nibImage.shape)              == tuple(dims)
             assert tuple(i.nibImage.header.get_zooms()) == tuple(pixdims)
 
-            asert  i.nvals      == 1
+            assert i.nvals      == 1
             assert i.ndim       == expndims
             assert i.dtype      == dtype
             assert i.name       == op.basename(path)