diff --git a/tests/lsbase.py b/tests/lsbase.py
index 1eae6e8..e9acef1 100644
--- a/tests/lsbase.py
+++ b/tests/lsbase.py
@@ -67,20 +67,27 @@ def get_examples_haploid(self, ts, include_ancestors):
             ref_panel = self.get_ancestral_haplotypes(ts)
         else:
             ref_panel = ts.genotype_matrix()
-        num_sites = ref_panel.shape[0]
         # Take some haplotypes as queries from the reference panel.
-        query1 = ref_panel[:, 0].reshape(1, num_sites)
-        query2 = ref_panel[:, 1].reshape(1, num_sites)
+        num_sites = ref_panel.shape[0]
+        query_1 = ref_panel[:, 0].reshape(1, num_sites)
+        query_1 = np.append(query_1[:2], query_1[2:]).reshape(1, num_sites)
+        query_2 = query_1[::-1]
         # Create queries with MISSING.
-        query_miss_last = query1.copy()
+        query_miss_last = query_1.copy()
         query_miss_last[0, -1] = core.MISSING
-        query_miss_mid = query1.copy()
+        query_miss_mid = query_1.copy()
         query_miss_mid[0, ts.num_sites // 2] = core.MISSING
-        query_miss_most = query1.copy()
-        query_miss_most[0, 2:] = core.MISSING
-        queries = [query1, query2, query_miss_last, query_miss_mid, query_miss_most]
-        # Exclude the arbitrarily chosen queries from the reference panel.
-        ref_panel = ref_panel[:, 2:]
+        query_miss_most_1 = query_1.copy()
+        query_miss_most_1[0, 2:] = core.MISSING
+        query_miss_most_2 = query_miss_most_1[::-1]
+        queries = [
+            query_1,
+            query_2,
+            query_miss_last,
+            query_miss_mid,
+            query_miss_most_1,
+            query_miss_most_2,
+        ]
         return ref_panel, queries
 
     def get_examples_diploid(self, ts, include_ancestors):
@@ -88,24 +95,29 @@ def get_examples_diploid(self, ts, include_ancestors):
             ref_panel = self.get_ancestral_haplotypes(ts)
         else:
             ref_panel = ts.genotype_matrix()
-        num_sites = ref_panel.shape[0]
         # Take some haplotypes as queries from the reference panel.
-        query_1 = np.zeros((2, num_sites), dtype=np.int32) - np.inf
+        num_sites = ref_panel.shape[0]
+        query_1 = np.zeros((2, num_sites), dtype=np.int8) - np.inf
         query_1[0, :] = ref_panel[:, 0].reshape(1, num_sites)
         query_1[1, :] = ref_panel[:, 1].reshape(1, num_sites)
-        query_2 = np.zeros((2, num_sites), dtype=np.int32) - np.inf
-        query_2[0, :] = ref_panel[:, 2].reshape(1, num_sites)
-        query_2[1, :] = ref_panel[:, 3].reshape(1, num_sites)
+        query_1 = np.append(query_1[:, :2], query_1[:, 2:]).reshape(2, num_sites)
+        query_2 = query_1[:, ::-1]
         # Create queries with MISSING.
         query_miss_last = query_1.copy()
         query_miss_last[:, -1] = core.MISSING
         query_miss_mid = query_1.copy()
         query_miss_mid[:, ts.num_sites // 2] = core.MISSING
-        query_miss_most = query_1.copy()
-        query_miss_most[:, 1:] = core.MISSING
-        queries = [query_1, query_2, query_miss_last, query_miss_mid, query_miss_most]
-        # Exclude the arbitrarily chosen queries from the reference panel.
-        # ref_panel = ref_panel[:, 4:]
+        query_miss_most_1 = query_1.copy()
+        query_miss_most_1[:, 2:] = core.MISSING
+        query_miss_most_2 = query_miss_most_1[:, ::-1]
+        queries = [
+            query_1,
+            query_2,
+            query_miss_last,
+            query_miss_mid,
+            query_miss_most_1,
+            query_miss_most_2,
+        ]
         return ref_panel, queries
 
     def get_examples_pars(