diff --git a/lib/shoulda/private_helpers.rb b/lib/shoulda/private_helpers.rb
index e48d457f..0bde890f 100644
--- a/lib/shoulda/private_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/shoulda/private_helpers.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Shoulda # :nodoc:
       opts = (args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {})
       wanted.each {|w| ret << opts.delete(w)}
       raise ArgumentError, "Unsupported options given: #{opts.keys.join(', ')}" unless opts.keys.empty?
-      return *ret
+      return wanted.size == 1 ? ret.first : ret
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/shoulda/test_unit.rb b/lib/shoulda/test_unit.rb
index 88bf35c4..0464c239 100644
--- a/lib/shoulda/test_unit.rb
+++ b/lib/shoulda/test_unit.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'test/unit'
+
 require 'shoulda/context'
 require 'shoulda/proc_extensions'
 require 'shoulda/assertions'
diff --git a/test/fail_macros.rb b/test/fail_macros.rb
index 408cdf13..b8b4d6d3 100644
--- a/test/fail_macros.rb
+++ b/test/fail_macros.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ module Shoulda
     #   end
     def should_fail(&block)
       context "should fail when trying to run:" do
-        Shoulda.expected_exceptions = [Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError]
+        if defined?(Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
+          failures = [Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError]
+        elsif defined?(MiniTest::Assertion)
+          failures = [MiniTest::Assertion]
+        end
+        Shoulda.expected_exceptions = failures
         yield block
         Shoulda.expected_exceptions = nil
       end
diff --git a/test/other/private_helpers_test.rb b/test/other/private_helpers_test.rb
index f5835997..7bfe6547 100644
--- a/test/other/private_helpers_test.rb
+++ b/test/other/private_helpers_test.rb
@@ -22,5 +22,11 @@ class PrivateHelpersTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase # :nodoc:
         get_options!(args, :one)
       end
     end
+    
+    should "return single wanted option" do
+      args = [:a, :b, {:class => Object}]
+      klass = get_options!(args,:class)
+      assert_equal Object, klass
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/rails_root/config/boot.rb b/test/rails_root/config/boot.rb
index cd21fb9e..0ad0f787 100644
--- a/test/rails_root/config/boot.rb
+++ b/test/rails_root/config/boot.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ module Rails
     def load_initializer
       require "#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/railties/lib/initializer"
       Rails::Initializer.run(:install_gem_spec_stubs)
+      Rails::GemDependency.add_frozen_gem_path
     end
   end
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ module Rails
 
     class << self
       def rubygems_version
-        Gem::RubyGemsVersion if defined? Gem::RubyGemsVersion
+        Gem::RubyGemsVersion rescue nil
       end
 
       def gem_version
@@ -82,14 +83,14 @@ module Rails
 
       def load_rubygems
         require 'rubygems'
-
-        unless rubygems_version >= '0.9.4'
-          $stderr.puts %(Rails requires RubyGems >= 0.9.4 (you have #{rubygems_version}). Please `gem update --system` and try again.)
+        min_version = '1.3.1'
+        unless rubygems_version >= min_version
+          $stderr.puts %Q(Rails requires RubyGems >= #{min_version} (you have #{rubygems_version}). Please `gem update --system` and try again.)
           exit 1
         end
 
       rescue LoadError
-        $stderr.puts %(Rails requires RubyGems >= 0.9.4. Please install RubyGems and try again: http://rubygems.rubyforge.org)
+        $stderr.puts %Q(Rails requires RubyGems >= #{min_version}. Please install RubyGems and try again: http://rubygems.rubyforge.org)
         exit 1
       end