By asserting that the two locks of hair conspired to do something, the author is using the literary device of alliteration personification satire metaphor

The literary device would be personification. This is because personification is when an author gives inanimate objects human qualities or actions.

Example:

         The blades of grass danced through the meadow to the wind's    hypnotizing beat.

In this sentence, the blades of grass dancing illustrate how grass sways when disturbed by wind. Because grass cannot dance this is a personification.

b. he wants to keep from being identified by former masters.

explanation:

the answer is actually c   i just got done with the test.