diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gettext.py b/Lib/test/test_gettext.py
index 9a8e2ac..4d1e0a3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gettext.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gettext.py
@@ -372,12 +372,16 @@
         self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError, f, 0)
 
     def test_plural_number(self):
-        f = gettext.c2py('1')
-        self.assertEqual(f(1), 1)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, f, 1.0)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, f, '1')
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, f, [])
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, f, object())
+        f = gettext.c2py('n != 1')
+        self.assertEqual(f(1), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f(2), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(f(1.0), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f(2.0), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(f(1.1), 1)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, f, '2')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, f, b'2')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, f, [])
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, f, object())
 
 
 class GNUTranslationParsingTest(GettextBaseTest):