diff --git a/tests/snippets/builtin_chr.py b/tests/snippets/builtin_chr.py
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+++ b/tests/snippets/builtin_chr.py
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+from testutils import assert_raises
+
+assert "a" == chr(97)
+assert "é" == chr(233)
+assert "🤡" == chr(129313)
+
+assert_raises(TypeError, lambda: chr(), "chr() takes exactly one argument (0 given)")
+assert_raises(ValueError, lambda: chr(0x110005), "ValueError: chr() arg not in range(0x110000)")