diff --git a/CDLTest.java b/CDLTest.java
index f79f2f0..d5ead3c 100644
--- a/CDLTest.java
+++ b/CDLTest.java
@@ -42,47 +42,18 @@ public class CDLTest {
             "\"va\tl1\", \"v\bal2\", \"val3\", \"val\f4\", \"val5\", va\'l6, val7\n"
     );
 
-    /**
-     * If lines were to be converted to a JSONArray without the benefit of CDL,
-     * this would be the input string
-     */
-    String jsonArrayLines = new String(
-            "[{Col 1:val1, Col 2:val2, Col 3:val3, Col 4:val4, Col 5:val5, Col 6:val6, Col 7:val7}, "+
-            "{Col 1:1, Col 2:2, Col 3:3, Col 4:4, Col 5:5, Col 6:6, Col 7:7}, "+
-            "{Col 1:true, Col 2:false, Col 3:true, Col 4:true, Col 5:false, Col 6:false, Col 7:false}, "+
-            "{Col 1:0.23, Col 2:57.42, Col 3:-234.879, Col 4:2.34e5, Col 5:2.34e5, Col 6:0.0, Col 7:9e-3}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"val1\", Col 2:\"val2\", Col 3:val3, Col 4\"val4\", Col 5:val5, Col 6:val6, Col 7:val7}]");
-
     @Test(expected=NullPointerException.class)
     public void shouldThrowExceptionOnNullString() {
         String nullStr = null;
         CDL.toJSONArray(nullStr);
     }
 
-    @Test(expected=JSONException.class)
-    public void shouldThrowExceptionOnUnbalancedQuoteInName() {
-        String badLine = "Col1, \"Col2\nVal1, Val2";
-        CDL.toJSONArray(badLine);
-    }
-
-    @Test(expected=JSONException.class)
-    public void shouldThrowExceptionOnUnbalancedQuoteInValue() {
-        String badLine = "Col1, Col2\n\"Val1, Val2";
-        CDL.toJSONArray(badLine);
-    }
-
-    @Test(expected=JSONException.class)
-    public void shouldThrowExceptionOnNullInName() {
-        String badLine = "C\0ol1, Col2\nVal1, Val2";
-        CDL.toJSONArray(badLine);
-    }
-
     @Test
     /**
      * Note: This test reveals a bug in the method JavaDoc. It should
      * mention it might return null, or it should return an empty JSONArray.
      */
-    public void shouldReturnNullOnOnlyColumnNames() {
+    public void shouldHandleOnlyColumnNames() {
         String columnNameStr = "col1, col2, col3";
         JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(columnNameStr);
         assertTrue("CDL should return null when only 1 row is given",
@@ -94,36 +65,15 @@ public class CDLTest {
      * Note: This test reveals a bug in the method JavaDoc. It should
      * mention it might return null, or it should return an empty JSONArray.
      */
-    public void shouldReturnNullOnEmptyString() {
+    public void shouldHandleEmptyString() {
         String emptyStr = "";
         JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(emptyStr);
         assertTrue("CDL should return null when the input string is empty",
                 jsonArray == null);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void shouldConvertCDLToJSONArray() {
-        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(lines);
-        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(jsonArrayLines);
-        assertTrue("CDL should convert string to JSONArray",
-                jsonArray.equals(expectedJsonArray));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldCreateJSONArrayUsingJSONArray() {
-        String names = "[Col1, Col2]";
-        String values = "V1, V2";
-        JSONArray nameJSONArray = new JSONArray(names);
-        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(nameJSONArray, values);
-        
-        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray("[{Col1:V1},{Col2:V2}]");
-        assertTrue("CDL should create JSONArray from a names JSONArray and a "+
-                "string of values", jsonArray.equals(expectedJsonArray));
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void toStringShouldCheckSpecialChars() {
-        String method = "toStringShouldCheckSpecialChars():";
         /**
          * Given a JSONArray that was not built by CDL, some chars may be
          * found that would otherwise be filtered out by CDL.
@@ -131,14 +81,64 @@ public class CDLTest {
         JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
         JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
         jsonArray.put(jsonObject);
-        // \r should be filtered from name
+        // \r will be filtered from name
         jsonObject.put("Col \r1", "V1");
-        // \r should be filtered from value
+        // \r will be filtered from value
         jsonObject.put("Col 2", "V2\r");
-        String jsonStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray);
+        boolean normalize = true;
+        List<List<String>> expectedLines = 
+                sortColumnsInLines("Col 1, Col 2,\nV1, V2", normalize);
+        List<List<String>> jsonArrayLines = 
+                sortColumnsInLines(CDL.toString(jsonArray), normalize);
+        if (!expectedLines.equals(jsonArrayLines)) {
+            System.out.println("expected: " +expectedLines);
+            System.out.println("jsonArray: " +jsonArrayLines);
+            assertTrue("Should filter out certain chars",
+                    false);
+        }
+    }
 
-        String expectedStr = {"Col 1, Col 2","V1","\"V2\""};
-        // Util.checkAndRemoveStrings(jsonStr, expectedStr, "[,\n\"]", method);
+    @Test(expected=JSONException.class)
+    public void shouldHandleUnbalancedQuoteInName() {
+        String badLine = "Col1, \"Col2\nVal1, Val2";
+        CDL.toJSONArray(badLine);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected=JSONException.class)
+    public void shouldHandleUnbalancedQuoteInValue() {
+        String badLine = "Col1, Col2\n\"Val1, Val2";
+        CDL.toJSONArray(badLine);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected=JSONException.class)
+    public void shouldHandleNullInName() {
+        String badLine = "C\0ol1, Col2\nVal1, Val2";
+        CDL.toJSONArray(badLine);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldConvertCDLToJSONArray() {
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(lines);
+        String resultStr = compareJSONArrayToString(jsonArray, lines);
+        if (resultStr != null) {
+            assertTrue("CDL should convert string to JSONArray: " +
+                resultStr, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCreateJSONArrayUsingJSONArray() {
+        String names = "Col1, Col2";
+        String nameArrayStr = "[" +names+ "]";
+        String values = "V1, V2";
+        JSONArray nameJSONArray = new JSONArray(nameArrayStr);
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(nameJSONArray, values);
+        String combinedStr = names+ "\n" +values;
+        String resultStr = compareJSONArrayToString(jsonArray, combinedStr);
+        if (resultStr != null) {
+            assertTrue("CDL should convert JSONArray and string to JSONArray: " +
+                resultStr, false);
+        }
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -152,7 +152,16 @@ public class CDLTest {
         final boolean doNotNormalize = false;
         JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(lines);
         String jsonStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray);
-        assertTrue("CDL should convert string to JSONArray to string",
+        // normal sorted
+        List<List<String>> sortedLines = sortColumnsInLines(lines, normalize);
+        // sorted, should already be normalized
+        List<List<String>> sortedJsonStr = sortColumnsInLines(jsonStr, doNotNormalize);
+        boolean result = sortedLines.equals(sortedJsonStr);
+        if (!result) {
+            System.out.println("lines: " +sortedLines);
+            System.out.println("jsonStr: " +sortedJsonStr);
+            assertTrue("CDL should convert JSONArray back to original string: " +
+                lines.equals(jsonStr), false);
         }
     }