diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_views.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_views.py
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+import logging
+from mock import MagicMock, patch
+import json
+import factory
+import unittest
+from nose.tools import set_trace
+from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpRequest
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.test.client import Client
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+
+import cms.djangoapps.contentstore.views as views
+
+def xml_store_config(data_dir):
+    return {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'xmodule.modulestore.xml.XMLModuleStore',
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'data_dir': data_dir,
+            'default_class': 'xmodule.hidden_module.HiddenDescriptor',
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
+    first_name = 'Test'
+    last_name = 'Robot'
+    is_staff = True
+    is_active = True
+    is_authenticated = True
+
+TEST_DATA_DIR = settings.COMMON_TEST_DATA_ROOT
+TEST_DATA_XML_MODULESTORE = xml_store_config(TEST_DATA_DIR)
+
+@override_settings(MODULESTORE=TEST_DATA_XML_MODULESTORE)
+class ViewsTestCase(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.location = ['i4x', 'edX', 'toy', 'chapter', 'Overview']
+        self._MODULESTORES = {}
+        self.course_id = 'edX/toy/2012_Fall'
+        self.toy_course = modulestore().get_course(self.course_id)
+
+    def test_has_access(self):
+        user = UserFactory()
+        views.has_access(user, self.location)