diff --git a/tests/flatc/flatc_test.py b/tests/flatc/flatc_test.py
index fcc32c6..2e51743 100755
--- a/tests/flatc/flatc_test.py
+++ b/tests/flatc/flatc_test.py
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
     subprocess.check_call(cmd, cwd=str(cwd))
 
 
+def reflection_fbs_path():
+    return Path(root_path).joinpath("reflection", "reflection.fbs")
+
+
 def make_absolute(filename, path=script_path):
     return str(Path(path, filename).absolute())
 
@@ -67,6 +71,14 @@
     return file
 
 
+def get_file_contents(filename, path=script_path):
+    file = Path(path, filename)
+    contents = ""
+    with open(file) as file:
+        contents = file.read()
+    return contents
+
+
 def assert_file_contains(file, needles):
     with open(file) as file:
         contents = file.read()