How can I reset an EF7 InMemory provider between unit tests?

Question

I am trying to use the EF7 InMemory provider for unit tests but the persistent nature of the InMemory database between tests is causing me problems.

The following code demonstrates my issue. One test will work and the other test will always fail. Even though I set the _context to null between tests the second test run will always have 4 records in it.

[TestClass]
public class UnitTest1
{

    private SchoolContext _context;

    [TestInitialize]
    public void Setup()
    {
        Random rng = new Random();

        var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<SchoolContext>();
        optionsBuilder.UseInMemoryDatabase();

        _context = new SchoolContext(optionsBuilder.Options);
        _context.Students.AddRange(
            new Student { Id = rng.Next(1,10000), Name = "Able" },
            new Student { Id = rng.Next(1,10000), Name = "Bob" }
        );
        _context.SaveChanges();
    }

    [TestCleanup]
    public void Cleanup()
    {
        _context = null;
    }

    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMethod1()
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(2, _context.Students.ToList().Count());
    }

    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMethod2()
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(2, _context.Students.ToList().Count());
    }

}

public class Student
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class SchoolContext : DbContext
{
    public SchoolContext(DbContextOptions options) : base(options) { }

    public DbSet<Student> Students { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

The following call will clear the in-memory datastore.

_context.Database.EnsureDeleted();