diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-ipc.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-ipc.js
index 8ccc505a82..e8144e439d 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-ipc.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-child-process-ipc.js
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
 child.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
   console.log('child said: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
   if (!gotHelloWorld) {
+    console.error('testing for hello world');
     assert.equal('hello world\r\n', data);
     gotHelloWorld = true;
+    console.error('writing echo me');
     child.stdin.write('echo me\r\n');
   } else {
+    console.error('testing for echo me');
     assert.equal('echo me\r\n', data);
     gotEcho = true;
     child.stdin.end();
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-header-response-splitting.js b/test/simple/test-http-header-response-splitting.js
index 044618436c..a54af12ccd 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-header-response-splitting.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-header-response-splitting.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var testIndex = 0,
     responses = 0;
 
 var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  console.error('request', testIndex);
   switch (testIndex++) {
     case 0:
       res.writeHead(200, { test: 'foo \r\ninvalid: bar' });
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
       res.writeHead(200, { test: 'foo \n\n\ninvalid: bar' });
       break;
     case 4:
+      console.error('send request, then close');
       res.writeHead(200, { test: 'foo \r\n \r\n \r\ninvalid: bar' });
       server.close();
       break;
@@ -49,15 +51,16 @@ var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
   }
   res.end('Hi mars!');
 });
-server.listen(common.PORT);
-
-for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-  var req = http.get({ port: common.PORT, path: '/' }, function(res) {
-    assert.strictEqual(res.headers.test, 'foo invalid: bar');
-    assert.strictEqual(res.headers.invalid, undefined);
-    responses++;
-  });
-}
+server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
+  for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    var req = http.get({ port: common.PORT, path: '/' }, function(res) {
+      assert.strictEqual(res.headers.test, 'foo invalid: bar');
+      assert.strictEqual(res.headers.invalid, undefined);
+      responses++;
+      res.resume();
+    });
+  }
+});
 
 process.on('exit', function() {
   assert.strictEqual(responses, 5);
diff --git a/test/simple/test-tls-pause.js b/test/simple/test-tls-pause.js
index 0b29ae20d3..5eaac8da19 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-tls-pause.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-tls-pause.js
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ var received = 0;
 
 var server = tls.Server(options, function(socket) {
   socket.pipe(socket);
+  socket.on('data', function(c) {
+    console.error('data', c.length);
+  });
 });
 
 server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
@@ -49,11 +52,16 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
     port: common.PORT,
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   }, function() {
+    console.error('connected');
     client.pause();
     common.debug('paused');
     send();
     function send() {
-      if (client.write(new Buffer(bufSize))) {
+      console.error('sending');
+      var ret = client.write(new Buffer(bufSize));
+      console.error('write => %j', ret);
+      if (false !== ret) {
+        console.error('write again');
         sent += bufSize;
         assert.ok(sent < 100 * 1024 * 1024); // max 100MB
         return process.nextTick(send);
@@ -62,12 +70,15 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
       common.debug('sent: ' + sent);
       resumed = true;
       client.resume();
-      common.debug('resumed');
+      console.error('resumed', client);
     }
   });
   client.on('data', function(data) {
+    console.error('data');
     assert.ok(resumed);
     received += data.length;
+    console.error('received', received);
+    console.error('sent', sent);
     if (received >= sent) {
       common.debug('received: ' + received);
       client.end();