diff --git a/test/test-jamlib1.js b/test/test-jamlib1.js
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+var jamlib = require('../build/lib/jamlib.debug');
+var util = require('util');
+var N = 1;
+
+print('Checkpoint 0: Creating JAM...');
+
+// Create the JAM and JAM world consisting of one logical node
+var JAM = jamlib.Jam({
+  print:function (msg) {console.log('[JAMLIB] '+msg);},
+  verbose:1,
+});
+
+JAM.init();
+print(util.inspect(JAM.stats('node')))
+
+print('Checkpoint 2: Compiling agent constructor function...');
+
+function ac(options) {
+  this.options=options;
+  this.act = {
+    a1:function () {},
+    a2:function () {},
+    a3:function () {},
+    a4:function () {log('Checkpoint a4'); kill()},
+  }
+  this.trans = {
+    a1:"a2",
+    a2:function () { if (this.options.state<100) return "a3"; else return "a4"; },
+    a3:"a4",
+  }
+  this.next="a1";
+}
+
+try { JAM.compileClass(undefined,ac,{verbose:1}); }
+catch (e) { return print(e); };
+
+
+print('Checkpoint 1: Starting JAM...');
+JAM.start();
+
+print('Checkpoint 3: Creating agents ...');
+for(var i = 0; i<N;i++) {
+  JAM.createAgent('ac',{verbose:0});
+} 
+print(util.inspect(JAM.stats('process')))
+print(util.inspect(JAM.stats('vm')))
+
+print('All checks passed.');