diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index da2ad2aa..0adb1dca 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ check-bytecode:
 check-native-short:
 	$(PYTHON) test_pythonlib.py --bytecode-$(PYTHON_VERSION) --verify $(COMPILE)
 
+#: Short, quickly-running Python 2.7 programs. Useful in debugging grammar problems
 check-short-2.7:
 	$(PYTHON) test_pythonlib.py --bytecode-2.7 --verify $(COMPILE)
 
+#: Short, quickly-running Python 2.7 programs. Useful in debugging grammar problems
+check-short-3.4:
+	$(PYTHON) test_pythonlib.py --bytecode-3.4 --verify $(COMPILE)
+
 #: Run longer Python 2.7's lib files known to be okay
 check-2.7-ok:
 	$(PYTHON) test_pythonlib.py --ok-2.7 --verify $(COMPILE)
diff --git a/test/bytecode_2.5/README b/test/bytecode_2.5/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2a6510d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bytecode_2.5/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+These are byte-compiled programs compiled by Python 2.5
diff --git a/test/bytecode_2.6/if.pyc b/test/bytecode_2.6/if.pyc
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diff --git a/test/bytecode_2.6/ifelse.pyc b/test/bytecode_2.6/ifelse.pyc
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diff --git a/test/bytecode_2.7/assert.pyc b/test/bytecode_2.7/assert.pyc
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diff --git a/test/bytecode_2.7/assign.pyc b/test/bytecode_2.7/assign.pyc
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diff --git a/test/bytecode_3.4/assign.pyc b/test/bytecode_3.4/assign.pyc
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diff --git a/test/bytecode_3.4/if.pyc b/test/bytecode_3.4/if.pyc
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diff --git a/test/bytecode_3.4/ifelse.pyc b/test/bytecode_3.4/ifelse.pyc
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diff --git a/test/bytecompile-tests b/test/bytecompile-tests
index 67c8800a..3d224d3b 100755
--- a/test/bytecompile-tests
+++ b/test/bytecompile-tests
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ tests['2.3'] = tests['2.2']
 tests['2.5'] = tests['2.3']
 # tests['2.7'] = ['mine'] + tests['2.6']
 tests['2.7'] = [
-    'simple-source/branching/ifelse',
-    'simple-source/branching/if'
+    # 'simple-source/branching/ifelse',
+    # 'simple-source/branching/if'
+    'simple-source/misc/assert',
+    'simple-source/misc/assign',
     # 'simple-source/call_arguments/keyword',
     # 'simple-source/call_arguments/positional'
     ]
diff --git a/test/simple-source/misc/assert.py b/test/simple-source/misc/assert.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92527b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple-source/misc/assert.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Tests:
+# assert ::= assert_expr jmp_true LOAD_ASSERT RAISE_VARARGS_1
+# callfunction ::= ...
+
+assert isinstance(1, int)
diff --git a/test/simple-source/misc/assign.py b/test/simple-source/misc/assign.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13bd4414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple-source/misc/assign.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Tests:
+# assign ::= expr designator
+
+vario = 556
diff --git a/uncompyle6/parsers/parse2.py b/uncompyle6/parsers/parse2.py
index 4fef71f5..8922aa5e 100644
--- a/uncompyle6/parsers/parse2.py
+++ b/uncompyle6/parsers/parse2.py
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ class Python2Parser(PythonParser):
         expr ::= LOAD_FAST
         expr ::= LOAD_NAME
         expr ::= LOAD_CONST
-        expr ::= LOAD_ASSERT
         expr ::= LOAD_GLOBAL
         expr ::= LOAD_DEREF
         expr ::= LOAD_LOCALS
diff --git a/uncompyle6/parsers/parse3.py b/uncompyle6/parsers/parse3.py
index 177e0572..9b26ab21 100644
--- a/uncompyle6/parsers/parse3.py
+++ b/uncompyle6/parsers/parse3.py
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ class Python3Parser(PythonParser):
         expr ::= LOAD_FAST
         expr ::= LOAD_NAME
         expr ::= LOAD_CONST
-        expr ::= LOAD_ASSERT
         expr ::= LOAD_GLOBAL
         expr ::= LOAD_DEREF
         expr ::= LOAD_LOCALS