diff --git a/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js b/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js
index 5c85675..b9e6746 100644
--- a/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js
+++ b/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js
@@ -174,6 +174,57 @@ require( 'common' ).testCase(
     },
 
 
+    /**
+     * The member object stores the members associated with each of the three
+     * levels of visibility that are denoted by access modifiers: public,
+     * protected and private. The initMembers() method is simply an abstraction.
+     */
+    'Can create empty member object': function()
+    {
+        var members = this.sut.initMembers(),
+            test    = [ 'public', 'protected', 'private' ];
+
+        // ensure each level of visibility exists in the new member object
+        // (aren't these for statements terribly repetitive? 0 <= i < len would
+        // be nice to be able to do.)
+        for ( var i = 0, len = test.length; i < len; i++ )
+        {
+            this.assertOk( ( typeof members[ test[ i ] ] !== 'undefined' ),
+                'Clean member object is missing visibility level: ' + test[ i ]
+            );
+        }
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * The initialization method gives us the option to use existing objects
+     * for each level of visibility rather than creating new, empty ones.
+     */
+    'Can initialize member object with existing objects': function()
+    {
+        var pub  = { foo: 'bar' },
+            prot = { bar: 'baz' },
+            priv = { baz: 'foo' },
+
+            members = this.sut.initMembers( pub, prot, priv ),
+
+            test = {
+                'public':    pub,
+                'protected': prot,
+                'private':   priv,
+            }
+        ;
+
+        // ensure we can initialize the values of each visibility level
+        for ( vis in test )
+        {
+            this.assertStrictEqual( test[ vis ], members[ vis ],
+                "Visibility level '" + vis + "' cannot be initialized"
+            );
+        }
+    },
+
+
     'Properties are only accessible via their respective interfaces': function()
     {
         var _self = this,
diff --git a/test/test-member_builder.js b/test/test-member_builder.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bb84669..0000000
--- a/test/test-member_builder.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Tests generic member builder
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Gerwitz
- *
- *  This file is part of ease.js.
- *
- *  ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
- *  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
- *  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
- *  any later version.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *  for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * @author  Mike Gerwitz
- * @package test
- */
-
-var common  = require( './common' ),
-    assert  = require( 'assert' ),
-    builder = common.require( 'MemberBuilder' )()
-;
-
-
-( function testCanEmptyMemberObject()
-{
-    assert.deepEqual(
-        builder.initMembers(),
-        { 'public': {}, 'protected': {}, 'private': {} },
-        "Can initialize empty (clean) member object with each level of " +
-            " visibility"
-    );
-} )();
-
-
-( function testCanInitMembersWithExistingObjects()
-{
-    var pub  = { foo: 'bar' },
-        pro  = { bar: 'baz' },
-        priv = { baz: 'foo' },
-
-        members = builder.initMembers( pub, pro, priv )
-    ;
-
-    assert.deepEqual(
-        members[ 'public' ],
-        pub,
-        "Can specify object to use for public members"
-    );
-
-    assert.deepEqual(
-        members[ 'protected' ],
-        pro,
-        "Can specify object to use for protected members"
-    );
-
-    assert.deepEqual(
-        members[ 'private' ],
-        priv,
-        "Can specify object to use for private members"
-    );
-} )();
-