diff --git a/gora-hive/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/hive/store/TestHiveStore.java b/gora-hive/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/hive/store/TestHiveStore.java
index 003d8ec7..d993c15b 100644
--- a/gora-hive/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/hive/store/TestHiveStore.java
+++ b/gora-hive/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/hive/store/TestHiveStore.java
@@ -18,22 +18,33 @@
 
 package org.apache.gora.hive.store;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8;
+import org.apache.gora.examples.WebPageDataCreator;
 import org.apache.gora.examples.generated.Employee;
 import org.apache.gora.examples.generated.Metadata;
 import org.apache.gora.examples.generated.WebPage;
 import org.apache.gora.hive.GoraHiveTestDriver;
 import org.apache.gora.persistency.impl.BeanFactoryImpl;
+import org.apache.gora.query.Query;
+import org.apache.gora.query.Result;
 import org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreTestBase;
 import org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreTestUtil;
 import org.apache.gora.util.GoraException;
 import org.apache.gora.util.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.metamodel.query.parser.QueryParserException;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -56,6 +67,146 @@ public void assertSchemaExists(String schemaName) throws Exception {
     assertTrue(employeeStore.schemaExists());
   }
 
+  private void awaitWebPageSchema(String key) throws Exception {
+    // wait until Hive exposes the schema and specific record to avoid empty query results
+    for (int attempt = 0; attempt < 100; attempt++) {
+      webPageStore.flush();
+      if (!webPageStore.schemaExists()) {
+        Thread.sleep(100L);
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (key == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      try {
+        webPageStore.get(key, new String[] {"url"});
+        return;
+      } catch (QueryParserException e) {
+        webPageStore.close();
+        webPageStore = testDriver.createDataStore(String.class, WebPage.class);
+      }
+    }
+    fail("Hive web page schema or record was not visible");
+  }
+
+  private void populateWebPages() throws Exception {
+    // load deterministic fixtures and block until every inserted URL becomes queryable
+    webPageStore.createSchema();
+    awaitWebPageSchema(null);
+    WebPageDataCreator.createWebPageData(webPageStore);
+    for (String url : WebPageDataCreator.URLS) {
+      awaitWebPageSchema(url);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private List<String> sortedWebPageUrls() {
+    // copy and sort URLs to get a stable ordering for range expectations
+    List<String> sorted = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(WebPageDataCreator.URLS));
+    Collections.sort(sorted);
+    return sorted;
+  }
+
+  private void assertResultSize(boolean setStartKey, boolean setEndKey, boolean setLimit)
+      throws Exception {
+    // exhaustively exercise start/end/limit combinations while guarding against stale reads
+    populateWebPages();
+    List<String> urls = sortedWebPageUrls();
+    int total = urls.size();
+
+    for (int i = 0, iLimit = setStartKey ? total : 1; i < iLimit; i++) {
+      // choose every permissible end index for the current start index
+      int jStart = setEndKey ? i : total - 1;
+      int jLimit = setEndKey ? total : jStart + 1;
+      for (int j = jStart; j < jLimit; j++) {
+        Query<String, WebPage> query = webPageStore.newQuery();
+        if (setStartKey) {
+          query.setStartKey(urls.get(i));
+        }
+        if (setEndKey) {
+          query.setEndKey(urls.get(j));
+        }
+
+        int startIndex = setStartKey ? i : 0;
+        int endExclusive = setEndKey ? j + 1 : total;
+        List<String> eligibleUrls = new ArrayList<>(urls.subList(startIndex, endExclusive));
+        Set<String> allowed = new HashSet<>(eligibleUrls); // membership guard for returned URLs
+        LinkedHashSet<String> actual = new LinkedHashSet<>(); // record unique URLs actually read
+
+        int expectedCount = eligibleUrls.size();
+        if (setLimit) {
+          int limit = expectedCount / 2;
+          if (limit == 0) {
+            continue;
+          }
+          query.setLimit(limit);
+          expectedCount = Math.min(limit, expectedCount);
+        }
+
+        Result<String, WebPage> result = query.execute();
+        int reportedSize = result.size();
+        while (result.next()) {
+          WebPage page = result.get();
+          DataStoreTestUtil.assertWebPage(
+              page, WebPageDataCreator.URL_INDEXES.get(page.getUrl().toString()));
+          String url = page.getUrl().toString();
+          assertTrue("Unexpected url returned: " + url, allowed.contains(url));
+          assertTrue("Duplicate url returned: " + url, actual.add(url));
+        }
+        result.close();
+
+        if (!setLimit) {
+          // full-range scans should yield every eligible URL, in deterministic order
+          assertEquals(new LinkedHashSet<>(eligibleUrls), actual);
+        } else {
+          // limited queries only guarantee the expected cardinality
+          assertEquals(expectedCount, actual.size());
+        }
+        // Result.size() must match the number of rows we iterated over
+        assertEquals(expectedCount, reportedSize);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSize() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(false, false, false);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSizeEndKey() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(false, true, false);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSizeEndKeyWithLimit() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(false, true, true);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSizeWithLimit() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(false, false, true);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSizeKeyRange() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(true, true, false);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSizeKeyRangeWithLimit() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(true, true, true);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSizeStartKey() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(true, false, false);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testResultSizeStartKeyWithLimit() throws Exception {
+    assertResultSize(true, false, true);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void assertPut(Employee employee) throws GoraException {
     employeeStore.put(employee.getSsn().toString(), employee);