26. His criticism of my workhome. I knew he was right, so I could say nothing. a. hit
b. blew
d. knocked
c. beat

a.hit

Explanation:

His criticism of my work hit home. I knew he was right, so I could say nothing.

In English language, to hit home simply means to drive home a point explicitly without any doubt or form of ambiguity.

we need to see the paragraphs in order to answer this.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.