diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index 6257455..6988bdb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, 0.0)
         class C:
             pass
-        # allowed in 2.6
+        # allowed in 2.x
         #self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, ["0"])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, [0.0])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, [None])
@@ -269,13 +269,6 @@
         self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b".").join([b"ab", b"cd"]), b"ab.cd")
         # XXX more...
 
-    def test_index(self):
-        b = self.type2test(b'parrot')
-        self.assertEqual(b.index('p'), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(b.index('rr'), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(b.index('t'), 5)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: b.index('w'))
-
     def test_count(self):
         b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
         self.assertEqual(b.count(b'i'), 4)
@@ -361,6 +354,10 @@
     def test_split_string_error(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test(b'a b').split, u' ')
 
+    def test_split_unicodewhitespace(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b"\x09\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D\x1C\x1D\x1E\x1F")
+        self.assertEqual(b.split(), [b'\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f'])
+
     def test_rsplit(self):
         b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
         self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(b'i'), [b'm', b'ss', b'ss', b'pp', b''])
@@ -384,18 +381,18 @@
 
     def test_rsplit_unicodewhitespace(self):
         b = self.type2test(b"\x09\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D\x1C\x1D\x1E\x1F")
-        self.assertEqual(b.split(), [b'\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f'])
         self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(), [b'\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f'])
 
     def test_partition(self):
         b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
         self.assertEqual(b.partition(b'ss'), (b'mi', b'ss', b'issippi'))
-        self.assertEqual(b.rpartition(b'w'), (b'', b'', b'mississippi'))
+        self.assertEqual(b.partition(b'w'), (b'mississippi', b'', b''))
 
     def test_rpartition(self):
         b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
         self.assertEqual(b.rpartition(b'ss'), (b'missi', b'ss', b'ippi'))
         self.assertEqual(b.rpartition(b'i'), (b'mississipp', b'i', b''))
+        self.assertEqual(b.rpartition(b'w'), (b'', b'', b'mississippi'))
 
     def test_pickling(self):
         for proto in range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
@@ -436,8 +433,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(b.lstrip(), b'abc \t\n\r\f\v')
         self.assertEqual(b.rstrip(), b' \t\n\r\f\vabc')
 
-    def XXXtest_strip_bytearray(self):
-        # XXX memoryview not available
+    def test_strip_bytearray(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'abc').strip(memoryview(b'ac')), b'b')
         self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'abc').lstrip(memoryview(b'ac')), b'bc')
         self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'abc').rstrip(memoryview(b'ac')), b'ab')
@@ -718,7 +714,7 @@
         b.insert(-2, ord('i'))
         b.insert(1000, ord('i'))
         self.assertEqual(b, b'mississippi')
-        # allowed in 2.6
+        # allowed in 2.x
         #self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: b.insert(0, b'1'))
         b = bytearray()
         b.insert(0, Indexable(ord('A')))
@@ -755,8 +751,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(b, b"")
         self.assertEqual(c, b"")
 
-    # XXX memoryview not available
-    def XXXtest_resize_forbidden(self):
+    def test_resize_forbidden(self):
         # #4509: can't resize a bytearray when there are buffer exports, even
         # if it wouldn't reallocate the underlying buffer.
         # Furthermore, no destructive changes to the buffer may be applied