diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_squeue.py b/scrapy/tests/test_squeue.py
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+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_squeue.py
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+from scrapy.tests import test_utils_queue as t
+from scrapy.squeue import MarshalDiskQueue
+
+
+class MarshalDiskQueueTest(t.DiskQueueTest):
+
+    chunksize = 100000
+
+    def queue(self):
+        return MarshalDiskQueue(self.qdir, chunksize=self.chunksize)
+
+    def test_serialize(self):
+        q = self.queue()
+        q.push('a')
+        q.push(123)
+        q.push({'a': 'dict'})
+        self.assertEqual(q.pop(), 'a')
+        self.assertEqual(q.pop(), 123)
+        self.assertEqual(q.pop(), {'a': 'dict'})
+
+class ChunkSize1MarshalDiskQueueTest(MarshalDiskQueueTest):
+    chunksize = 1
+
+class ChunkSize2MarshalDiskQueueTest(MarshalDiskQueueTest):
+    chunksize = 2
+
+class ChunkSize3MarshalDiskQueueTest(MarshalDiskQueueTest):
+    chunksize = 3
+
+class ChunkSize4MarshalDiskQueueTest(MarshalDiskQueueTest):
+    chunksize = 4