diff --git a/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py b/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py
index 8591b5439..a26e3a5c1 100644
--- a/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py
+++ b/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py
@@ -13,40 +13,40 @@ def test_creating_dictionaries(self):
         empty_dict = dict()
         self.assertEqual(dict, type(empty_dict))
         self.assertEqual(dict(), empty_dict)
-        self.assertEqual(__, len(empty_dict))
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(empty_dict))
 
     def test_dictionary_literals(self):
         empty_dict = {}
         self.assertEqual(dict, type(empty_dict))
         babel_fish = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
-        self.assertEqual(__, len(babel_fish))
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(babel_fish))
 
     def test_accessing_dictionaries(self):
         babel_fish = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
-        self.assertEqual(__, babel_fish['one'])
-        self.assertEqual(__, babel_fish['two'])
+        self.assertEqual('uno', babel_fish['one'])
+        self.assertEqual('dos', babel_fish['two'])
 
     def test_changing_dictionaries(self):
         babel_fish = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
         babel_fish['one'] = 'eins'
 
-        expected = {'two': 'dos', 'one': __}
+        expected = {'two': 'dos', 'one': "eins"}
         self.assertEqual(expected, babel_fish)
 
     def test_dictionary_is_unordered(self):
         dict1 = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
         dict2 = {'two': 'dos', 'one': 'uno'}
 
-        self.assertEqual(____, dict1 == dict2)
+        self.assertEqual(True, dict1 == dict2)
 
     def test_dictionary_keys_and_values(self):
         babel_fish = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
-        self.assertEqual(__, len(babel_fish.keys()))
-        self.assertEqual(__, len(babel_fish.values()))
-        self.assertEqual(__, 'one' in babel_fish.keys())
-        self.assertEqual(__, 'two' in babel_fish.values())
-        self.assertEqual(__, 'uno' in babel_fish.keys())
-        self.assertEqual(__, 'dos' in babel_fish.values())
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(babel_fish.keys()))
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(babel_fish.values()))
+        self.assertEqual(True, 'one' in babel_fish.keys())
+        self.assertEqual(False, 'two' in babel_fish.values())
+        self.assertEqual(False, 'uno' in babel_fish.keys())
+        self.assertEqual(True, 'dos' in babel_fish.values())
 
     def test_making_a_dictionary_from_a_sequence_of_keys(self):
         cards = {}.fromkeys(
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ def test_making_a_dictionary_from_a_sequence_of_keys(self):
              'confused looking zebra'),
             42)
 
-        self.assertEqual(__, len(cards))
-        self.assertEqual(__, cards['green elf'])
-        self.assertEqual(__, cards['yellow dwarf'])
+        self.assertEqual(5, len(cards))
+        self.assertEqual(42, cards['green elf'])
+        self.assertEqual(42, cards['yellow dwarf'])
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