diff --git a/multi_key_dict/multi_key_dict.py b/multi_key_dict/multi_key_dict.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/multi_key_dict/multi_key_dict.py
+++ b/multi_key_dict/multi_key_dict.py
@@ -276,7 +276,12 @@ class multi_key_dict(object):
             keys.append(key_type(key_val))

         return(tuple(keys))

 

-

+    def get(self, key, default=None):

+        """ Return the value at index specified as key."""

+        if self.has_key(key):

+            return self.items_dict[self.__dict__[str(type(key))][key]]

+        else:

+            return default

 

 def test_multi_key_dict():    

     m = multi_key_dict()

@@ -456,6 +461,12 @@ def test_multi_key_dict():
     # test keys()

     assert (m.keys(int) == tst_range), 'm.keys(int) is not as expected.'

 

+    # test get functionality of basic dictionaries

+    m['CanIGet'] = 'yes'

+    assert (m.get('CanIGet') == 'yes')

+    assert (m.get('ICantGet') == None)

+    assert (m.get('ICantGet', "Ok") == "Ok")

+

     print 'All test passed OK!'
Added in basic dict attribute/method 'get' which supports default return values or None