diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/cache/closeable_cache.py b/tests/regressiontests/cache/closeable_cache.py
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+++ b/tests/regressiontests/cache/closeable_cache.py
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+from django.core.cache.backends.locmem import LocMemCache
+
+
+class CloseHookMixin(object):
+    closed = False
+
+    def close(self, **kwargs):
+        self.closed = True
+
+class CacheClass(CloseHookMixin, LocMemCache):
+    pass