diff -r 2842f729caab -r af766caea48d test/test_linked_list.c
--- a/test/test_linked_list.c	Sun Feb 14 11:31:13 2021 +0100
+++ b/test/test_linked_list.c	Sun Feb 14 15:13:53 2021 +0100
@@ -29,8 +29,31 @@
 #include "cx/linked_list.h"
 #include "test_config.h"
 
-void test_linked_list_wrap() {
-    CU_FAIL("test not implemented")
+int cmp_int(int const *l, int const *r) {
+    int left = *l, right = *r;
+    return left == right ? 0 : (left < right ? -1 : 1);
+}
+
+void test_linked_list_create() {
+    CxList list = cxLinkedListCreate(cxDefaultAllocator, (CxListComparator) cmp_int, sizeof(int));
+
+    CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(list->data.size, 0)
+    CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(list->data.capacity, (size_t) -1)
+    CU_ASSERT_PTR_EQUAL(list->data.allocator, cxDefaultAllocator)
+    CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(list->data.itemsize, sizeof(int))
+    CU_ASSERT_PTR_EQUAL(list->data.cmpfunc, cmp_int)
+
+    struct node {
+        void* begin; void* end; ptrdiff_t ploc; ptrdiff_t nloc;
+    };
+
+    struct node* actual = (struct node*) list->data.listdata;
+    CU_ASSERT_PTR_NULL(actual->begin)
+    CU_ASSERT_PTR_NULL(actual->end)
+    CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, actual->ploc)
+    CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(sizeof(void*), actual->nloc)
+
+    cxLinkedListDestroy(list);
 }
 
 int main() {
@@ -40,14 +63,14 @@
         return CU_get_error();
     }
 
-    suite = CU_add_suite("linked list creation", NULL, NULL);
+    suite = CU_add_suite("linked list memory management", NULL, NULL);
     if (NULL == suite) {
         CU_cleanup_registry();
         return CU_get_error();
     }
 
     if (
-            !CU_add_test(suite, "wrapping of custom linked list", test_linked_list_wrap)
+            !CU_add_test(suite, "create linked list", test_linked_list_create)
             ) {
         CU_cleanup_registry();
         return CU_get_error();