1.in spanish the preterite tense is used to
a. indicate something that was happening
b. indicate the duration of a process
c. tell something that happened once
d. tell continuous actions

2. in uruguay the sinae is responsible for organizing responses to
a. emergencies
b. fires
c. floods
d. earthquakes

3. uruguayan atilio pelossi is famous for
a. putting out a fire in montevideo
b. trying to save a girl from a burning building
c. composing tangos
d. surviving the collapse of a buildings roof

In spanish (castillian) gramar the Preterite Tense (also called Simple Past Tense)  is used to express specific actions completed or concluded in the past that are separated from the present.  

In other words:  

It is applied when the person speaking gives information about the past that is not related to the present.  

Therefore the answer is option C

The SINAE (National Emergencies System) of the Presidency of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay is a permanent public system, whose main objective is to protect people, property considered of significance and the environment from adverse phenomena that may derive in situations of emergency or disaster (for example, fires, floods, earthquakes).

In other words, this system is responsible for managing the risk of emergencies and disasters in its different phases, which are: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, rehabilitation and recovery.

Therefore the answer is option A

Atilio Pelossi was born on October 12, 1899. In the southern winter of 1925 (on June 11th), when he was a 25-year-old young man, while walking back home through the streets of the center of the capital, he encountered a fire situation when he reached the corner of Río Negro and Uruguay.

In front of the Victoria Theater a house was on fire; there were desperate people and neighbors calling the firemen, because there was still a girl, called Asunción, inside that house.

Then Atilio entered the house on fire, ready to save Asunción. However, the young man did not achieve his goal, dying both of them .

With this heroic action that is still remembered, Atilio became the first civil hero of Uruguay.

Therefore the answer is option B

these are the words to choose from to people answer the question:

nieta--yerno--tia--tio--primo--nuera--abuelo--cunada