diff --git a/DjangoExampleApplication/tests/test_backend_implementations.py b/DjangoExampleApplication/tests/test_backend_implementations.py
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+++ b/DjangoExampleApplication/tests/test_backend_implementations.py
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+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.files import File
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.core.validators import URLValidator
+
+from DjangoExampleApplication.models import Image, PublicAttachment, PrivateAttachment
+
+
+test_file_path = Path(settings.BASE_DIR) / "DjangoExampleApplication" / "assets" / "audience-868074_1920.jpg"
+test_file_size = 339085
+
+
+class ImageTestCase(TestCase):
+    obj: Image = None
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Open a test file from disk and upload to minIO as an image
+        with open(test_file_path, 'rb') as f:
+            self.obj = Image.objects.create()
+            self.obj.image.save(name='audience-868074_1920.jpg', content=f)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # Remove uploaded file from minIO and remove the Image entry from Django's database
+        self.obj.delete()  # deletes from both locations
+
+    def test_url_generation_works(self):
+        """Accessing the value of obj.image.url"""
+        val = URLValidator()
+        val(self.obj.image.url)  # 1st make sure it's an URL
+        self.assertTrue('audience-868074_1920' in self.obj.image.url)  # 2nd make sure our filename matches
+
+    def test_read_image_size(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.image.size, test_file_size)
+
+
+class PublicAttachmentTestCase(TestCase):
+    obj: PublicAttachment = None
+    filename = f'public_audience-868074_1920_{int(time.time())}.jpg'  # adding unix time makes our filename unique
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        ct = ContentType.objects.get(app_label='auth', model='user')  # PublicAttachment is generic so this is needed
+        with open(test_file_path, 'rb') as f:
+            # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
+            self.obj = PublicAttachment.objects.create()
+            self.obj.ct = ct
+            self.obj.object_id = 1  # we associate this uploaded file to user with pk=1
+            self.obj.file.save(name=self.filename, content=File(f), save=True)
+
+    def test_url_generation_works(self):
+        """Accessing the value of obj.file.url"""
+        val = URLValidator()
+        val(self.obj.file.url)  # 1st make sure it's an URL
+        self.assertTrue('public_audience-868074_1920' in self.obj.file.url)  # 2nd make sure our filename matches
+
+    def test_read_file_size(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.file_size, test_file_size)
+
+    def test_read_file_name(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.file_name, self.filename)
+
+
+class PrivateAttachmentTestCase(TestCase):
+    obj: PrivateAttachment = None
+    filename = f'private_audience-868074_1920_{int(time.time())}.jpg'  # adding unix time makes our filename unique
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        ct = ContentType.objects.get(app_label='auth', model='user')  # PublicAttachment is generic so this is needed
+        with open(test_file_path, 'rb') as f:
+            # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
+            self.obj = PublicAttachment.objects.create()
+            self.obj.ct = ct
+            self.obj.object_id = 1  # we associate this uploaded file to user with pk=1
+            self.obj.file.save(name=self.filename, content=File(f), save=True)
+
+    def test_url_generation_works(self):
+        """Accessing the value of obj.file.url"""
+        val = URLValidator()
+        val(self.obj.file.url)  # 1st make sure it's an URL
+        self.assertTrue('private_audience-868074_1920' in self.obj.file.url)  # 2nd make sure our filename matches
+
+    def test_read_file_size(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.file_size, test_file_size)
+
+    def test_read_file_name(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.file_name, self.filename)
diff --git a/DjangoExampleApplication/tests/test_image_upload.py b/DjangoExampleApplication/tests/test_image_upload.py
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--- a/DjangoExampleApplication/tests/test_image_upload.py
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-from django.test import TestCase
-
-from DjangoExampleApplication.models import Image
-
-
-class AnimalTestCase(TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        with open('DjangoExampleApplication/assets/audience-868074_1920.jpg', 'rb') as f:
-            img = Image.objects.create()
-            img.image.save(name='audience-868074_1920.jpg', content=f)
-
-    def test_url_generation_works(self):
-        """Animals that can speak are correctly identified"""
-        img = Image.objects.last()
-        self.assertTrue('audience-868074_1920' in img.image.url)