diff --git a/sqlite3_go18.go b/sqlite3_go18.go
index 43e6418..82b7fea 100644
--- a/sqlite3_go18.go
+++ b/sqlite3_go18.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package sqlite3
 
 import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
-	"errors"
 
 	"context"
 )
@@ -18,7 +17,8 @@ import (
 // Ping implement Pinger.
 func (c *SQLiteConn) Ping(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if c.db == nil {
-		return errors.New("Connection was closed")
+		// must be ErrBadConn for sql to close the database
+		return driver.ErrBadConn
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/sqlite3_go18_test.go b/sqlite3_go18_test.go
index 741ed90..c9e79e7 100644
--- a/sqlite3_go18_test.go
+++ b/sqlite3_go18_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -154,3 +155,217 @@ func TestExecCancel(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func doTestOpenContext(t *testing.T, option string) (string, error) {
+	tempFilename := TempFilename(t)
+	url := tempFilename + option
+
+	defer func() {
+		err := os.Remove(tempFilename)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("temp file remove error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "Failed to open database:", err
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = db.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("db close error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	err = db.PingContext(ctx)
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "ping error:", err
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "drop table foo")
+	cancel()
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "create table foo (id integer)")
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "Failed to create table:", err
+	}
+
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(tempFilename); err != nil || stat.IsDir() {
+		return "Failed to create ./foo.db", nil
+	}
+
+	return "", nil
+}
+
+func TestOpenContext(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]bool{
+		"":                   true,
+		"?_txlock=immediate": true,
+		"?_txlock=deferred":  true,
+		"?_txlock=exclusive": true,
+		"?_txlock=bogus":     false,
+	}
+	for option, expectedPass := range cases {
+		result, err := doTestOpenContext(t, option)
+		if result == "" {
+			if !expectedPass {
+				errmsg := fmt.Sprintf("_txlock error not caught at dbOpen with option: %s", option)
+				t.Fatal(errmsg)
+			}
+		} else if expectedPass {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatal(result)
+			} else {
+				t.Fatal(result, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFileCopyTruncate(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	tempFilename := TempFilename(t)
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = os.Remove(tempFilename)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("temp file remove error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", tempFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("open error:", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = db.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("db close error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	err = db.PingContext(ctx)
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("ping error:", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "drop table foo")
+	cancel()
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "create table foo (id integer)")
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("create table error:", err)
+	}
+
+	// copy db to new file
+	var data []byte
+	data, err = ioutil.ReadFile(tempFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("read file error:", err)
+	}
+
+	var f *os.File
+	f, err = os.Create(tempFilename + "-db-copy")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("create file error:", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = os.Remove(tempFilename + "-db-copy")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("temp file moved remove error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	_, err = f.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		f.Close()
+		t.Fatal("write file error:", err)
+	}
+	err = f.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("close file error:", err)
+	}
+
+	// truncate current db file
+	f, err = os.OpenFile(tempFilename, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("open file error:", err)
+	}
+	err = f.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("close file error:", err)
+	}
+
+	// test db after file truncate
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	err = db.PingContext(ctx)
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("ping error:", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "drop table foo")
+	cancel()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("drop table no error")
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "create table foo (id integer)")
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("create table error:", err)
+	}
+
+	err = db.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("db close error:", err)
+	}
+
+	// test copied file
+	db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", tempFilename+"-db-copy")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("open error:", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = db.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("db close error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	err = db.PingContext(ctx)
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("ping error:", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "drop table foo")
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("drop table error:", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 55*time.Second)
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "create table foo (id integer)")
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("create table error:", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sqlite3_test.go b/sqlite3_test.go
index 3ef8533..806ab8d 100644
--- a/sqlite3_test.go
+++ b/sqlite3_test.go
@@ -34,20 +34,32 @@ func TempFilename(t *testing.T) string {
 }
 
 func doTestOpen(t *testing.T, option string) (string, error) {
-	var url string
 	tempFilename := TempFilename(t)
-	defer os.Remove(tempFilename)
-	if option != "" {
-		url = tempFilename + option
-	} else {
-		url = tempFilename
-	}
+	url := tempFilename + option
+
+	defer func() {
+		err := os.Remove(tempFilename)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("temp file remove error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "Failed to open database:", err
 	}
-	defer os.Remove(tempFilename)
-	defer db.Close()
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = db.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("db close error:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err = db.Ping()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "ping error:", err
+	}
 
 	_, err = db.Exec("drop table foo")
 	_, err = db.Exec("create table foo (id integer)")