diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py
index 48d35b54a2e239..11a4c59bc729ae 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py
@@ -246,11 +246,33 @@ def test_sqlite_row_as_sequence(self):
         self.assertEqual(list(reversed(row)), list(reversed(as_tuple)))
         self.assertIsInstance(row, Sequence)
 
-    def test_sqlite_row_keys(self):
+    def test_sqlite_row_keys_return_columns_as_strings(self):
         # Checks if the row object can return a list of columns as strings.
         row = self.con.execute("select 1 as a, 2 as b").fetchone()
         self.assertEqual(row.keys(), ['a', 'b'])
 
+    def test_sqlite_row_keys_raises_exception_on_empty_sql_query(self):
+        # Test exception raised on an empty sql query result
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            row = self.con.execute("select 1 as a where a == 'THISDOESNOTEXIST'").fetchone()
+            row.keys()
+
+    def test_sqlite_row_keys_returns_first_value_from_cursor_description(self):
+        # docs.python.org: "Immediately after a query, it is
+        # the first member of each tuple in Cursor.description."
+        cur = self.con.cursor(factory=MyCursor)
+        cur.execute("select 1 as a")
+        row = cur.fetchone()
+        self.assertEqual(cur.description[0][0], row.keys()[0])
+
+    def test_sqlite_row_keys_are_equal_if_rows_are_equal(self):
+        # Two Row objects compare equal if they have identical column names
+        # and values. Assert the keys values are the same too.
+        row_1 = self.con.execute("select 1 as a, 2 as b").fetchone()
+        row_2 = self.con.execute("select 1 as a, 2 as b").fetchone()
+        self.assertEqual(row_1, row_2)
+        self.assertEqual(row_1.keys(), row_2.keys())
+
     def test_fake_cursor_class(self):
         # Issue #24257: Incorrect use of PyObject_IsInstance() caused
         # segmentation fault.