You can select which tests to run using

make test TEST_FILES="t/foo.t t/bar.t t/baz*.t"
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(not sure which ExtUtils::MakeMaker version this requires; I believe it is undocumented).

Verbose output is given by

make test TEST_VERBOSE=1
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(should work for ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 5.53_01 and later, plus some earlier versions).

Also, you could look at using the prove utility included with recent Test::Harness versions.