diff --git a/lib/pasteboard.rb b/lib/pasteboard.rb
index 76272a4..1d8f9d0 100644
--- a/lib/pasteboard.rb
+++ b/lib/pasteboard.rb
@@ -111,21 +111,19 @@ def each flavor = nil # :yields: item
 
   def get id, flavor = nil
     item = copy_item_flavors(id).map do |item_flavor|
-      return copy_item_flavor_data(id, item_flavor) if
-        flavor and item_flavor == flavor
+      if flavor then
+        return copy_item_flavor_data(id, item_flavor) if item_flavor == flavor
+        next
+      end
 
       [item_flavor, copy_item_flavor_data(id, item_flavor)]
     end
 
-    return nil if item.empty?
+    return nil if item.compact.empty?
 
     item
   end
 
-  def inspect # :nodoc:
-    '#<%s:0x%x %s>' % [self.class, object_id, name]
-  end
-
   ##
   # An array of item ids in the pasteboard.  You must sync the clipboard to
   # get the latest ids.
@@ -136,6 +134,10 @@ def ids
     end
   end
 
+  def inspect # :nodoc:
+    '#<%s:0x%x %s>' % [self.class, object_id, name]
+  end
+
   ##
   # Clears the pasteboard and adds +item+ to the pasteboard with +id+.
   #
@@ -164,6 +166,8 @@ def put item, id = 0
     item.each do |flavor, data|
       put_item_flavor id, flavor, data
     end
+
+    self
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/test_pasteboard.rb b/test/test_pasteboard.rb
index 31a1769..966f85b 100644
--- a/test/test_pasteboard.rb
+++ b/test/test_pasteboard.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,26 @@ def test_copy_item_flavor_data
     assert_equal Encoding::UTF_8, data.encoding if @encoding
   end
 
+  def test_get
+    util_put
+
+    item = @pb.get(0)
+
+    assert_equal @item, item[0, 2]
+  end
+
+  def test_get_flavor
+    util_put
+
+    assert_equal 'pi', @pb.get(0, Pasteboard::Type::PLAIN_TEXT)
+  end
+
+  def test_get_flavor_missing
+    util_put
+
+    assert_nil @pb.get(0, Pasteboard::Type::JPEG)
+  end
+
   def test_get_item_count
     assert_equal 0, @pb.get_item_count
 
@@ -78,10 +98,30 @@ def test_get_item_identifier
     assert_equal 0, id
   end
 
+  def test_ids
+    util_put
+
+    assert_equal [0], @pb.ids
+  end
+
+  def test_inspect
+    expected = '#<%s:0x%x %s>' % [Pasteboard, @pb.object_id, @pb.name]
+
+    assert_equal expected, @pb.inspect
+  end
+
   def test_name
     assert_match %r%CFPasteboardUnique%, @pb.name
   end
 
+  def test_put
+    util_put
+
+    assert_equal 1, @pb.get_item_count
+    assert_equal [Pasteboard::Type::PLAIN_TEXT, Pasteboard::Type::UTF_8],
+                 @pb.copy_item_flavors(0)[0, 2]
+  end
+
   def test_put_item_flavor
     @pb.clear
 
@@ -101,10 +141,12 @@ def test_sync
   end
 
   def util_put
-    @pb.put [
+    @item = [
       [Pasteboard::Type::PLAIN_TEXT, 'pi'],
       [Pasteboard::Type::UTF_8,      'π'],
     ]
+
+    @pb.put @item
   end
 
 end