Past simple or past continuous

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: past simple or past continuous.
1. I (lie) in the bath when the phone (ring). It (stop) after a few rings.
2. It (be) cold when we (leave) the house that day, and a light snow (fall).
3. Your friend who (come) here the other day (seem) very nice. I (enjoy) meeting her.
4. When I (see) the man, he (stand) outside the bank. He (have) a black baseball cap on.
5 When I (open) the cupboard door, a pile of books (fall) out.
6. I (walk) along the street when I suddenly (feel) something hit me in the back. I (not / know) what it was.
7. We (go) to London yesterday, but on the way we (hear) about a bomb scare in Oxford Street. So we (drive) back home straightaway.
8. Something very strange (happen) to me on my way home from work yesterday afternoon. I (drive) along the bypass at the time. Suddenly I (see) my mother in the seat beside me. But she died three years ago.