diff --git a/tests/test_toplevel_functions.py b/tests/test_toplevel_functions.py
index 0196227b..8254914a 100644
--- a/tests/test_toplevel_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_toplevel_functions.py
@@ -19,13 +19,31 @@ def get_pdf_paths():
     return pdf_files
 
 
-def verify_json(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json):
+def verify_cells(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json):
 
-    if doc_pred_json.keys() != doc_true_json.keys():
-        return False
+    assert len(doc_pred_json["input"]["pages"])==len(doc_true_json["input"]["pages"]), \
+        "pred- and true-doc do not have the same number of pages"
+    
+    for pid, page_true_item in enumerate(doc_true_json["input"]["pages"]):
+        
+        for cid, cell_true_item in enumerate(page_true_json["cells"]):
 
-    if doc_pred_json["output"].keys() != doc_true_json["output"].keys():
-        return False
+            cell_pred_item = doc_pred_json["input"]["pages"][pid]["cells"][cid]
+
+            true_text = cell_true_item["text"]
+            pred_text = cell_pred_item["text"]
+                
+            assert true_text==pred_text, f"{true_text}!={pred_text}"
+
+            for _ in ["t", "b", "l", "r"]:
+                true_val = np.round(cell_true_item["bbox"][_])
+                pred_val = np.round(cell_pred_item["bbox"][_])
+
+                assert pred_val==true_val, f"bbox for {_} is not the same: {true_val} != {pred_val}"
+
+    return True
+                
+def verify_maintext(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json):
 
     for l, true_item in enumerate(doc_true_json["output"]["main_text"]):
         if "text" in true_item:
@@ -35,6 +53,8 @@ def verify_json(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json):
             assert "text" in pred_item, f"`text` is in {pred_item}"
             assert true_item["text"] == pred_item["text"]
 
+def verify_tables(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json):
+
     for l, true_item in enumerate(doc_true_json["output"]["tables"]):
         if "data" in true_item:
 
@@ -62,6 +82,20 @@ def verify_json(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json):
 
     return True
 
+    
+def verify_json(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json):
+
+    if doc_pred_json.keys() != doc_true_json.keys():
+        return False
+
+    if doc_pred_json["output"].keys() != doc_true_json["output"].keys():
+        return False
+
+    assert verify_maintext(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json), "verify_maintext(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json)"
+
+    assert verify_tables(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json), "verify_tables(doc_pred_json, doc_true_json)"
+
+    return True
 
 def verify_md(doc_pred_md, doc_true_md):
     return doc_pred_md == doc_true_md