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+import pytest
+import trio
+
+from libp2p.abc import (
+    IMultiselectCommunicator,
+)
+from libp2p.custom_types import TProtocol
+from libp2p.protocol_muxer.exceptions import (
+    MultiselectClientError,
+    MultiselectError,
+)
+from libp2p.protocol_muxer.multiselect import Multiselect
+from libp2p.protocol_muxer.multiselect_client import MultiselectClient
+
+
+class DummyMultiselectCommunicator(IMultiselectCommunicator):
+    """
+    Dummy MultiSelectCommunicator to test out negotiate timmeout.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        return
+
+    async def write(self, msg_str: str) -> None:
+        """Goes into infinite loop when .write is called"""
+        await trio.sleep_forever()
+
+    async def read(self) -> str:
+        """Returns a dummy read"""
+        return "dummy_read"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.trio
+async def test_select_one_of_timeout():
+    ECHO = TProtocol("/echo/1.0.0")
+    communicator = DummyMultiselectCommunicator()
+
+    client = MultiselectClient()
+
+    with pytest.raises(MultiselectClientError, match="response timed out"):
+        await client.select_one_of([ECHO], communicator, 2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.trio
+async def test_query_multistream_command_timeout():
+    communicator = DummyMultiselectCommunicator()
+    client = MultiselectClient()
+
+    with pytest.raises(MultiselectClientError, match="response timed out"):
+        await client.query_multistream_command(communicator, "ls", 2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.trio
+async def test_negotiate_timeout():
+    communicator = DummyMultiselectCommunicator()
+    server = Multiselect()
+
+    with pytest.raises(MultiselectError, match="handshake read timeout"):
+        await server.negotiate(communicator, 2)