diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/main.wdl b/tests/test_map_serialization/main.wdl
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+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/main.wdl
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+version 1.0
+import "map_task.wdl" as map_wdl
+
+workflow wf {
+  call map_wdl.make_test_cases as mk 
+  Map[File, Int] map_int = {mk.files[0]: 1, mk.files[1]: 2, mk.files[2]: 3}
+  Map[File, Boolean] map_bool = {mk.files[0]: true, mk.files[1]: false, mk.files[2]: false}
+  
+  call map_wdl.write_map as write_map {
+        input: 
+            map_of_ints     = map_int,
+            map_of_booleans = map_bool    
+  }
+  
+  call map_wdl.read_map 
+  
+  output {
+      File out_file_int  =  write_map.out1
+      File out_file_bool =  write_map.out2
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/map_task.wdl b/tests/test_map_serialization/map_task.wdl
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+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/map_task.wdl
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+version 1.0
+
+task make_test_cases {
+  command {
+  }
+  output {
+    Array[String] files = ["f1", "f2", "f3"]
+  }
+  runtime {
+    docker: "python:3-slim"
+  }
+}
+
+task write_map {
+  input {
+    Map[String, Int] map_of_ints 
+    Map[String, Boolean] map_of_booleans
+    # output files for each map type tests
+    String out_file_two = "./output_map_of_ints.txt"
+    String out_file_three = "./output_map_of_bools.txt"
+  }
+  command {
+    cat ${write_map(map_of_ints)} > ~{out_file_two}
+    cat ${write_map(map_of_booleans)} > ~{out_file_three}
+  }
+  output {
+    File out1 = out_file_two 
+    File out2 = out_file_three 
+  }
+  runtime {
+    docker: "python:3-slim"
+  }
+}
+
+task read_map {
+  command <<<
+    python3 <<CODE
+    map = {'x': 500, 'y': 600, 'z': 700}
+    print("\\n".join(["{}\\t{}".format(k,v) for k,v in map.items()]))
+    CODE
+  >>>
+  output {
+    Map[String, Int] out_map = read_map(stdout())
+  }
+  runtime {
+    docker: "python:3-slim"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_file_to_name.txt b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_file_to_name.txt
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+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_file_to_name.txt
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+f1	alice
+f2	bob
+f3	chuck
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_map_of_bools.txt b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_map_of_bools.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2264cdf
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+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_map_of_bools.txt
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+f1	true
+f2	false
+f3	false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_map_of_ints.txt b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_map_of_ints.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aae61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_map_of_ints.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+f1	1
+f2	2
+f3	3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_workflow/wf/6a55f93e-929c-4f5c-ba08-126618145d36/call-write_map/execution/output_map_of_bools.txt b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_workflow/wf/6a55f93e-929c-4f5c-ba08-126618145d36/call-write_map/execution/output_map_of_bools.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2264cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_workflow/wf/6a55f93e-929c-4f5c-ba08-126618145d36/call-write_map/execution/output_map_of_bools.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+f1	true
+f2	false
+f3	false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_workflow/wf/6a55f93e-929c-4f5c-ba08-126618145d36/call-write_map/execution/output_map_of_ints.txt b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_workflow/wf/6a55f93e-929c-4f5c-ba08-126618145d36/call-write_map/execution/output_map_of_ints.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aae61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_workflow/wf/6a55f93e-929c-4f5c-ba08-126618145d36/call-write_map/execution/output_map_of_ints.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+f1	1
+f2	2
+f3	3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/test_data.json b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/test_data.json
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/test_data.json
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+{
+    "out_file_int": {
+        "name": "output_map_of_ints.txt"
+    },
+    "out_file_bool": {
+        "name": "output_map_of_bools.txt"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/test_map_serialization.py b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/test_map_serialization.py
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+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/tests/test_map_serialization.py
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+def test_map_literal(workflow_data, workflow_runner):
+    expected = workflow_data.get_dict("out_file_int", "out_file_bool")
+    input={}
+    workflow_runner(
+        "../main.wdl",
+        input,
+        expected,
+        workflow_name="wf",
+    )
+
diff --git a/tests/test_map_serialization/workflow_options.json b/tests/test_map_serialization/workflow_options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..112c651
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+++ b/tests/test_map_serialization/workflow_options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "final_workflow_outputs_dir": "./tests/test_map_serialization/tests/data/output_workflow"
+}
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