diff --git a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/event_queue/test_pypubsub_island_event_queue.py b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/event_queue/test_pypubsub_island_event_queue.py
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+from typing import Any, Callable
+
+import pytest
+from pubsub import pub
+from pubsub.core import Publisher
+
+from common.event_queue import (
+    IIslandEventQueue,
+    IslandEventSubscriber,
+    IslandEventTopic,
+    PyPubSubIslandEventQueue,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def event_queue() -> IIslandEventQueue:
+    return PyPubSubIslandEventQueue(Publisher())
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def event_queue_subscriber() -> Callable[..., None]:
+    def fn(event, topic=pub.AUTO_TOPIC):
+        fn.call_count += 1
+        fn.call_topics |= {topic.getName()}
+
+    fn.call_count = 0
+    fn.call_topics = set()
+
+    return fn
+
+
+def test_subscribe_publish(
+    event_queue: IIslandEventQueue, event_queue_subscriber: IslandEventSubscriber
+):
+    event_queue.subscribe(topic=IslandEventTopic.AGENT_CONNECTED, subscriber=event_queue_subscriber)
+    event_queue.subscribe(
+        topic=IslandEventTopic.CLEAR_SIMULATION_DATA, subscriber=event_queue_subscriber
+    )
+
+    event_queue.publish(topic=IslandEventTopic.AGENT_CONNECTED)
+    event_queue.publish(topic=IslandEventTopic.CLEAR_SIMULATION_DATA)
+    event_queue.publish(topic=IslandEventTopic.RESET_AGENT_CONFIGURATION)
+
+    assert event_queue_subscriber.call_count == 2
+    assert event_queue_subscriber.call_topics == {
+        IslandEventTopic.AGENT_CONNECTED.value,
+        IslandEventTopic.CLEAR_SIMULATION_DATA.value,
+    }
+
+
+def test_keep_subscriber_in_scope(event_queue: IIslandEventQueue):
+    class MyCallable:
+        called = False
+
+        def __call__(self, event: Any):
+            MyCallable.called = True
+
+    def subscribe():
+        # fn will go out of scope after subscribe() returns.
+        fn = MyCallable()
+        event_queue.subscribe(topic=IslandEventTopic.AGENT_CONNECTED, subscriber=fn)
+
+    subscribe()
+
+    event_queue.publish(topic=IslandEventTopic.AGENT_CONNECTED)
+
+    assert MyCallable.called