last;
         if(contents.length) {
             last = contents[contents.length-1];
-            this.document.extractItems({
+            return this.document.extractItems({
                 item1: first,
                 item2: last
             });
         if(!params.merge && listIsNested) {
             return this.extractItems({item1: extractedItems[0], item2: extractedItems[extractedItems.length-1]});
         }
-        return true;
+        return extractedItems[0];
     },
     isAllowed: function() {
         var parent = this.args[0].nodel1.parent();
 
 
             var test = doc.extractItems({item1: nestedListItem, item2: nestedListItem, merge: false});
 
-            expect(test).to.equal(true, 'extraction status ok');
+            expect(test.sameNode(nestedListItem)).to.equal(true, 'first item returned');
 
             var sectionContents = section.contents(),
                 extractedItem = sectionContents[1];