diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-extract.R b/tests/testthat/test-extract.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat/test-extract.R
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+testthat::test_that("`[.` returns empty teal_data for improper names", {
+  data <- teal_data(x = 1, a = 2)
+  testthat::expect_equal(data["y"], teal_data())
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("`[.` returns limited join_keys", {
+  data <- teal_data(a = 1, b = 2)
+
+  join_keys(data) <- join_keys(join_key("a", "b", "x"))
+  empty_join_keys <- join_keys()
+  attr(empty_join_keys, "names") <- character(0)
+  testthat::expect_equal(
+    join_keys(data["a"]),  # By default   named list || names() is character(0)
+    empty_join_keys        # By default unnamed list || names() is NULL
+  )
+})