diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_interpreter_pool.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_interpreter_pool.py
index 1b0315ad18584fc..34cbab1f727b513 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_interpreter_pool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_interpreter_pool.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import contextlib
+import os
+import sys
 import unittest
 from concurrent.futures.interpreter import ExecutionFailed
 from test import support
@@ -7,11 +10,119 @@
 from .util import BaseTestCase, InterpreterPoolMixin, setup_module
 
 
+def write_msg(fd, msg):
+    os.write(fd, msg + b'\0')
+
+
+def read_msg(fd):
+    msg = b''
+    while ch := os.read(fd, 1):
+        if ch == b'\0':
+            return msg
+        msg += ch
+
+
+def get_current_name():
+    return __name__
+
+
 class InterpreterPoolExecutorTest(InterpreterPoolMixin, ExecutorTest, BaseTestCase):
 
+    def pipe(self):
+        r, w = os.pipe()
+        self.addCleanup(lambda: os.close(r))
+        self.addCleanup(lambda: os.close(w))
+        return r, w
+
     def assertTaskRaises(self, exctype):
         return self.assertRaisesRegex(ExecutionFailed, exctype.__name__)
 
+    def test_init_func(self):
+        msg = b'step: init'
+        r, w = self.pipe()
+        os.write(w, b'\0')
+
+        executor = self.executor_type(
+                initializer=write_msg, initargs=(w, msg))
+        before = os.read(r, 100)
+        executor.submit(mul, 10, 10)
+        after = read_msg(r)
+
+        self.assertEqual(before, b'\0')
+        self.assertEqual(after, msg)
+
+    def test_init_script(self):
+        msg1 = b'step: init'
+        msg2 = b'step: run'
+        r, w = self.pipe()
+        initscript = f"""if True:
+            import os
+            msg = {msg2!r}
+            os.write({w}, {msg1!r} + b'\\0')
+            """
+        script = f"""if True:
+            os.write({w}, msg + b'\\0')
+            """
+        os.write(w, b'\0')
+
+        executor = self.executor_type(initializer=initscript)
+        before_init = os.read(r, 100)
+        fut = executor.submit(script)
+        after_init = read_msg(r)
+        write_msg(w, b'')
+        before_run = read_msg(r)
+        fut.result()
+        after_run = read_msg(r)
+
+        self.assertEqual(before_init, b'\0')
+        self.assertEqual(after_init, msg1)
+        self.assertEqual(before_run, b'')
+        self.assertEqual(after_run, msg2)
+
+    def test_init_script_args(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            self.executor_type(initializer='pass', initargs=('spam',))
+
+    def test_init_shared(self):
+        msg = b'eggs'
+        r, w = self.pipe()
+        script = f"""if True:
+            import os
+            os.write({w}, spam + b'\\0')
+            """
+
+        executor = self.executor_type(shared={'spam': msg})
+        fut = executor.submit(script)
+        fut.result()
+        after = read_msg(r)
+
+        self.assertEqual(after, msg)
+
+    def test_submit_script(self):
+        msg = b'spam'
+        r, w = self.pipe()
+        script = f"""if True:
+            import os
+            os.write({w}, __name__.encode('utf-8') + b'\\0')
+            """
+        executor = self.executor_type()
+
+        fut = executor.submit(script)
+        res = fut.result()
+        after = read_msg(r)
+
+        self.assertEqual(after, b'__main__')
+        self.assertIs(res, None)
+
+    def test_submit_func_globals(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+        executor = self.executor_type()
+        fut = executor.submit(get_current_name)
+        name = fut.result()
+
+        self.assertEqual(name, '__main__')
+        self.assertNotEqual(name, __name__)
+
     def test_saturation(self):
         blocker = queues.create()
         executor = self.executor_type(4, shared=dict(blocker=blocker))
@@ -32,35 +143,6 @@ def test_idle_thread_reuse(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(executor._threads), 1)
         executor.shutdown(wait=True)
 
-#    def test_executor_map_current_future_cancel(self):
-#        blocker = queues.create()
-#        log = queues.create()
-#
-#        script = """if True:
-#            def log_n_wait({ident}):
-#                blocker(f"ident {ident} started")
-#                try:
-#                    stop_event.wait()
-#                finally:
-#                    log.append(f"ident {ident} stopped")
-#            """
-#
-#        with self.executor_type(max_workers=1) as pool:
-#            # submit work to saturate the pool
-#            fut = pool.submit(script.format(ident="first"))
-#            gen = pool.map(log_n_wait, ["second", "third"], timeout=0)
-#            try:
-#                with self.assertRaises(TimeoutError):
-#                    next(gen)
-#            finally:
-#                gen.close()
-#                blocker.put
-#                stop_event.set()
-#            fut.result()
-#        # ident='second' is cancelled as a result of raising a TimeoutError
-#        # ident='third' is cancelled because it remained in the collection of futures
-#        self.assertListEqual(log, ["ident='first' started", "ident='first' stopped"])
-
 
 def setUpModule():
     setup_module()