First developed during World War II as a way of transporting unrefrigerated medication abroad to wounded soldiers, "freeze drying"—the process of freezing a product, removing water from it, and sealing it-is
widely used today. Popular freeze-dried products include certain ice-cream brands, most instant coffees
and much of the fruit found in packaged breakfast cereals. Some people freeze dry flowers commemorating
special occasions, and others use freeze drying as a means of restoring water-damaged documents and
photographs. And, just as in the 1940s, freeze drying is used in the medical industry to preserve the shelf
life of many medications and vaccines
Question
The passage suggests that which of the following was likely true before the development of freeze drying?
Water-damaged documents had to be thrown away.
O Packaged breakfast cereals contained fresh fruit rather than frozen fruit.
People rarely used flowers to commemorate special occasions.
O Medications sent abroad often spoiled before reaching their destination.