diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/unsafe/UnsafeShuffleWriterSuite.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/unsafe/UnsafeShuffleWriterSuite.java
index ac94161d9f242..b995ef826aaf4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/unsafe/UnsafeShuffleWriterSuite.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/unsafe/UnsafeShuffleWriterSuite.java
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.shuffle.unsafe;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import scala.*;
+import scala.collection.Iterator;
 import scala.runtime.AbstractFunction1;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.HashMultiset;
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -40,19 +40,21 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import org.apache.spark.*;
-import org.apache.spark.serializer.Serializer;
-import org.apache.spark.shuffle.IndexShuffleBlockResolver;
 import org.apache.spark.executor.ShuffleWriteMetrics;
 import org.apache.spark.executor.TaskMetrics;
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.LimitedInputStream;
+import org.apache.spark.scheduler.MapStatus;
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.DeserializationStream;
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer;
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.Serializer;
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.SerializerInstance;
+import org.apache.spark.shuffle.IndexShuffleBlockResolver;
 import org.apache.spark.shuffle.ShuffleMemoryManager;
 import org.apache.spark.storage.*;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.memory.ExecutorMemoryManager;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.memory.MemoryAllocator;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.memory.TaskMemoryManager;
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils;
-import org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer;
-import org.apache.spark.scheduler.MapStatus;
 
 public class UnsafeShuffleWriterSuite {
 
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ public class UnsafeShuffleWriterSuite {
   File tempDir;
   long[] partitionSizesInMergedFile;
   final LinkedList<File> spillFilesCreated = new LinkedList<File>();
+  final Serializer serializer = new KryoSerializer(new SparkConf());
 
   @Mock(answer = RETURNS_SMART_NULLS) ShuffleMemoryManager shuffleMemoryManager;
   @Mock(answer = RETURNS_SMART_NULLS) BlockManager blockManager;
@@ -147,8 +150,7 @@ public Tuple2<TempLocalBlockId, File> answer(
 
     when(taskContext.taskMetrics()).thenReturn(new TaskMetrics());
 
-    when(shuffleDep.serializer()).thenReturn(
-      Option.<Serializer>apply(new KryoSerializer(new SparkConf())));
+    when(shuffleDep.serializer()).thenReturn(Option.<Serializer>apply(serializer));
     when(shuffleDep.partitioner()).thenReturn(hashPartitioner);
   }
 
@@ -174,6 +176,27 @@ private void assertSpillFilesWereCleanedUp() {
     }
   }
 
+  private List<Tuple2<Object, Object>> readRecordsFromFile() throws IOException {
+    final ArrayList<Tuple2<Object, Object>> recordsList = new ArrayList<Tuple2<Object, Object>>();
+    long startOffset = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PARTITITONS; i++) {
+      final long partitionSize = partitionSizesInMergedFile[i];
+      if (partitionSize > 0) {
+        InputStream in = new FileInputStream(mergedOutputFile);
+        ByteStreams.skipFully(in, startOffset);
+        DeserializationStream recordsStream = serializer.newInstance().deserializeStream(
+          new LimitedInputStream(in, partitionSize));
+        Iterator<Tuple2<Object, Object>> records = recordsStream.asKeyValueIterator();
+        while (records.hasNext()) {
+          recordsList.add(records.next());
+        }
+        recordsStream.close();
+        startOffset += partitionSize;
+      }
+    }
+    return recordsList;
+  }
+
   @Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
   public void mustCallWriteBeforeSuccessfulStop() {
     createWriter(false).stop(true);
@@ -215,19 +238,26 @@ public void writeWithoutSpilling() throws Exception {
       sumOfPartitionSizes += size;
     }
     Assert.assertEquals(mergedOutputFile.length(), sumOfPartitionSizes);
-
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      HashMultiset.create(dataToWrite),
+      HashMultiset.create(readRecordsFromFile()));
     assertSpillFilesWereCleanedUp();
   }
 
   private void testMergingSpills(boolean transferToEnabled) throws IOException {
     final UnsafeShuffleWriter<Object, Object> writer = createWriter(transferToEnabled);
-    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(new Tuple2<Object, Object>(1, 1));
-    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(new Tuple2<Object, Object>(2, 2));
-    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(new Tuple2<Object, Object>(3, 3));
-    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(new Tuple2<Object, Object>(4, 4));
+    final ArrayList<Product2<Object, Object>> dataToWrite =
+      new ArrayList<Product2<Object, Object>>();
+    for (int i : new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2 }) {
+      dataToWrite.add(new Tuple2<Object, Object>(i, i));
+    }
+    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(dataToWrite.get(0));
+    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(dataToWrite.get(1));
+    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(dataToWrite.get(2));
+    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(dataToWrite.get(3));
     writer.forceSorterToSpill();
-    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(new Tuple2<Object, Object>(4, 4));
-    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(new Tuple2<Object, Object>(2, 2));
+    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(dataToWrite.get(4));
+    writer.insertRecordIntoSorter(dataToWrite.get(5));
     writer.closeAndWriteOutput();
     final Option<MapStatus> mapStatus = writer.stop(true);
     Assert.assertTrue(mapStatus.isDefined());
@@ -239,7 +269,9 @@ private void testMergingSpills(boolean transferToEnabled) throws IOException {
       sumOfPartitionSizes += size;
     }
     Assert.assertEquals(mergedOutputFile.length(), sumOfPartitionSizes);
-
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      HashMultiset.create(dataToWrite),
+      HashMultiset.create(readRecordsFromFile()));
     assertSpillFilesWereCleanedUp();
   }
 
@@ -263,7 +295,4 @@ public void spillFilesAreDeletedWhenStoppingAfterError() throws IOException {
     writer.stop(false);
     assertSpillFilesWereCleanedUp();
   }
-
-  // TODO: actually try to read the shuffle output?
-
 }