diff --git a/djangorestframework/tests/mixins.py b/djangorestframework/tests/mixins.py
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+++ b/djangorestframework/tests/mixins.py
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+"""Tests for the status module"""
+from django.test import TestCase
+from djangorestframework import status
+from djangorestframework.compat import RequestFactory
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
+from djangorestframework.mixins import CreateModelMixin
+from djangorestframework.resources import ModelResource
+
+
+class TestModelCreation(TestCase): 
+    """Tests on CreateModelMixin"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.req = RequestFactory()
+
+    def test_creation(self):
+        self.assertEquals(0, Group.objects.count())
+
+        class GroupResource(ModelResource):
+            model = Group
+
+        form_data = {'name': 'foo'}
+        request = self.req.post('/groups', data=form_data)
+        mixin = CreateModelMixin()
+        mixin.resource = GroupResource
+        mixin.CONTENT = form_data
+        
+        response = mixin.post(request)
+        self.assertEquals(1, Group.objects.count())
+        self.assertEquals('foo', response.cleaned_content.name)
+        
+
+    def test_creation_with_m2m_relation(self):
+        class UserResource(ModelResource):
+            model = User
+   
+            def url(self, instance):
+                return "/users/%i" % instance.id
+
+        group = Group(name='foo')
+        group.save()
+
+        form_data = {'username': 'bar', 'password': 'baz', 'groups': [group.id]}        
+        request = self.req.post('/groups', data=form_data)
+        cleaned_data = dict(form_data)
+        cleaned_data['groups'] = [group]
+        mixin = CreateModelMixin()
+        mixin.resource = UserResource
+        mixin.CONTENT = cleaned_data
+
+        response = mixin.post(request)
+        self.assertEquals(1, User.objects.count())
+        self.assertEquals(1, response.cleaned_content.groups.count())
+        self.assertEquals('foo', response.cleaned_content.groups.all()[0].name)
+        
+
diff --git a/djangorestframework/tests/modelviews.py b/djangorestframework/tests/modelviews.py
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+++ b/djangorestframework/tests/modelviews.py
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+from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.forms import ModelForm
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
+from djangorestframework.resources import ModelResource
+from djangorestframework.views import ListOrCreateModelView, InstanceModelView
+
+class GroupResource(ModelResource):
+    model = Group
+
+class UserForm(ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = User
+        exclude = ('last_login', 'date_joined')
+
+class UserResource(ModelResource):
+    model = User
+    form = UserForm
+
+urlpatterns = patterns('',
+    url(r'^users/$', ListOrCreateModelView.as_view(resource=UserResource), name='users'),
+    url(r'^users/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/$', InstanceModelView.as_view(resource=UserResource)),
+    url(r'^groups/$', ListOrCreateModelView.as_view(resource=GroupResource), name='groups'),
+    url(r'^groups/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/$', InstanceModelView.as_view(resource=GroupResource)),
+)
+
+
+class ModelViewTests(TestCase):
+    """Test the model views djangorestframework provides"""
+    urls = 'djangorestframework.tests.modelviews'  
+
+    def test_creation(self):
+        """Ensure that a model object can be created"""
+        self.assertEqual(0, Group.objects.count())
+
+        response = self.client.post('/groups/', {'name': 'foo'})
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+        self.assertEqual(1, Group.objects.count())
+        self.assertEqual('foo', Group.objects.all()[0].name)
+
+    def test_creation_with_m2m_relation(self):
+        """Ensure that a model object with a m2m relation can be created"""
+        group = Group(name='foo')
+        group.save()
+        self.assertEqual(0, User.objects.count())
+
+        response = self.client.post('/users/', {'username': 'bar', 'password': 'baz', 'groups': [group.id]})
+        
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+        self.assertEqual(1, User.objects.count())
+       
+        user = User.objects.all()[0]
+        self.assertEqual('bar', user.username)
+        self.assertEqual('baz', user.password)
+        self.assertEqual(1, user.groups.count())
+        
+        group = user.groups.all()[0]
+        self.assertEqual('foo', group.name)