diff --git a/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb b/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb
index 48fdeb13df1a84cba54f0e45094678f00b7edec3..d29eaf5fb60e158738d26c73f5cc221eb3695c0b 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def teardown
     assert_nothing_raised {
       Person.schema = new_schema
       assert_equal new_schema, Person.schema, "should have saved the schema on the class"
-      assert_equal new_schema, Person.new.schema, "should have mde the schema available to every instance"
+      assert_equal new_schema, Person.new.schema, "should have made the schema available to every instance"
     }
   end
 
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ def teardown
     new_attr_name_two = :another_new_schema_attribute
     assert Person.schema.blank?, "sanity check - should have a blank class schema"
 
-    assert !Person.new.respond_do?(new_attr_name), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
-    assert !Person.new.respond_do?(new_attr_name_two), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
+    assert !Person.new.respond_to?(new_attr_name), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
+    assert !Person.new.respond_to?(new_attr_name_two), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
 
     assert_nothing_raised do
       Person.schema = {new_attr_name.to_s => 'string'}
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ def teardown
 
     assert Person.schema.blank?, "sanity check - should have a blank class schema"
 
-    assert !Person.new.respond_do?(new_attr_name), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
-    assert !Person.new.respond_do?(new_attr_name_two), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
+    assert !Person.new.respond_to?(new_attr_name), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
+    assert !Person.new.respond_to?(new_attr_name_two), "sanity check - should not respond to the brand-new attribute yet"
 
     assert_nothing_raised do
       Person.schema { string new_attr_name_two }